Frankenbrakes and brake improvement discussion
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be the Guinea pig! I’ll buy you a beer!
which should be at your place??10 days, they should be at my place.
I am in if I can get four more local Guinea pigs. Discount on 5 sets brings the price down. Find me a few more test monkeys.
how much was shipping?
there‘s a newer version online now, with ti bits and ratio adjustment:
Titanium Disc brakes|Hydraulic Disc Brakes|dis brakes|MTB disc brakes|
Hydraulic disc brakes LHT with Titanium pistons and hardwares
www.lewisbike.com
lewis ones.which should be at your place??
~10 bucks, not sure how much for an aftermarket purchase. Got them on b2b terms.
I’m a sucker for brakes…. Count me in. I’ll start campaigning!
Royal blood contains lubricating additives. Not sure if that makes up for the other somewhat lacking properties...?
Hey! Holy mother of God, the most insane thing happened to me today. We rode three laps in Lamay. lots of rocks, chunk, steeps, and speed. Makes Apex feel paved type of riding.
The last lap down Lamay 2, I was having one of the best riding days of my life with Wayo. (Peru DH champ) Awesome! We got back to the house, and near my bleed kit, I found my (gold!) Brake bleed bolt. (I bled it this morning)
I had ridden the entire day with NO BRAKE BLEED BOLT, and the brake worked PERFECTLY.
Absolutely insane.
How is this possible?
I put the bleed cup back in, and there were only a few tiny bubbles! (Still seems to work normally).
The last lap down Lamay 2, I was having one of the best riding days of my life with Wayo. (Peru DH champ) Awesome! We got back to the house, and near my bleed kit, I found my (gold!) Brake bleed bolt. (I bled it this morning)
I had ridden the entire day with NO BRAKE BLEED BOLT, and the brake worked PERFECTLY.
Absolutely insane.
How is this possible?
I put the bleed cup back in, and there were only a few tiny bubbles! (Still seems to work normally).
When you pull the lever, you're forcing fluid down to the calipers. Any air that might get in from the bolt location will tend to stay high.
Also, on those 'new' (at least coming in with a lot of social marketing force) Chinese Trickstuff copies, some quality machining found by our German friends at mtb-news, what a surprise 
Haha well at least they do have some ethics.I have seen similar things in Fox or Rockshox forks...
don't the ports to the reservoir close off after the lever is depressed a certain amount on most brakes?
I would hope so, they advertising their "brakes" on facebook and crap and it always just shows their rotor.
I got a pair of these and don't like them, to me they're not as comfortable as the stock levers. However my issue is the amount of lever throw, not distance to the bars, so YMMV. (I knew that going in but figured I'd give them a shot anyway.)
If anyone's interested in checking them out, PM me an address and I'll send them to you at some point. Just be warned, they're boring black, not the cosmic stardust bling...
Edit: Not sure why the pic doesn't show but these are the Freedom Coast levers for TRP DHR-EVO.
So I've sent them pictures of mentioned flaws. They will ship new caliper on monday, no questions asked.
Is that a dial? Is the lever mounted on an eccentric?
Very wide and flat lever blade: not really my taste...
Looks pretty industrial. SB One from the expensive single speed tensioners?
On another note, another leaking Hayes Dominion calliper. Number three for me I think. Blegh.
On another note, another leaking Hayes Dominion calliper. Number three for me I think. Blegh.
What's leaking on it? The two pairs of Dominions I have here have been leak and issue free.
Past a piston in the calliper. Four months these held, at least better than the two rides the previous lasted
I guess using them for trials has something to do with it, it's so hard on the (rear) brake. Tolerances probably need to be perfect for them to last. I replaced the slave piston seals of a leaking Dominion A2 on the trials bike, moved them to the trail bike, and they've been fine there.
I think only an old Hope Trial Zone never leaked, but I'm sort of done with Hope after their Tech 4 V4 debacle. Direttissima's then? Expensive gamble
I think only an old Hope Trial Zone never leaked, but I'm sort of done with Hope after their Tech 4 V4 debacle. Direttissima's then? Expensive gamble
