Well, I de-virginized the hopes yesterday. Setup was really easy, and it only took me about 3 tries to get the wheel perfectly centered in the pads. Hope supplied plently of extra shims, and everything bolted on easily. Even initally, just from riding around my street, I could feel a huge increase in power and modulation from my hayes mechanicals. After breaking them in, I am sure they will feel even better. At the local dh trail, they outpreformed my expectations. I easily had enough power to lock either brake with one finger, but had more than enough modulation to avoid locking up/going over the bars when I did not want to. The hopes gave me a huge confidence boost (riding rocky dh on a hardtail with only a rear hayes mech is not very fun) and also decreased finger/arm fatigue. On a side note, even when it began to rain, and brakes were squealing left and right, the hopes remained completly silent. I am very happy with my purchase, these brakes were well worth the money.
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