I have a 07 V10 with a fox40. I'm looking to buy some used gustav's from a friend (210mm front 190mm rear)but he does not have any adapters I've searched for magura gustav disc brake adapters online and found absolutley nothing! Does anyone know the part# I need or a website where I can buy them? Thanks for the help
Magura Gustav M
- Thread starter Mike S.
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bti used to carry alot of them. jsut about every local bikeshop in the planet has an account w/ bti.
you can check out their stock and part numbers at bti-usa.com and give that info to your shop.
also, magura has a us distributor you could call if the above does not work. sorry, blanking on the name, but they are in rural illinois somewhere.
you can check out their stock and part numbers at bti-usa.com and give that info to your shop.
also, magura has a us distributor you could call if the above does not work. sorry, blanking on the name, but they are in rural illinois somewhere.
You can download the shop manual here:
http://www.magura.com/en/products/disc-brakes-2010/prod/gustav-m-1/info/downloads.html
Good info to have if you end up with the brakes. Great brakes by the way, I have had a great experience with them.
http://www.magura.com/en/products/disc-brakes-2010/prod/gustav-m-1/info/downloads.html
Good info to have if you end up with the brakes. Great brakes by the way, I have had a great experience with them.
http://www.magura.com/uploads/media/zubehoer/Sattelhalter_Gustav_M_04.pdf
in German but hard part #s. Great brakes I love mine
in German but hard part #s. Great brakes I love mine
i got my adapter direct from Magura for my Gustav and 40.
tons of power with those things, but cheap feeling levers
tons of power with those things, but cheap feeling levers
I don't like that the levers are hard to reach, with limited adjustment but cheap feeling? How so?
the cheap plastic feeling that you get when you squeeze them. reach was never a issue since i apparently have ogre sizes hands, but the levers were the worst of any brakes ive used....Hayes included.
I had my Gustav calipers mated to the Louise FR levers. Best. Decision. Ever.
Much more positive feeling, stiffer, etc. The Gustav levers just felt dead...
Much more positive feeling, stiffer, etc. The Gustav levers just felt dead...
I agree. My maggies had great power but terrible modulation and the lever feel was absolutely dreadful, which is probably what led to bad modulation on my part. The blade felt awful, the reach felt awful, and the action was very wooden/not sensitive.
the Louise lever does feel worlds better than the Gustav's. sounds like a good combo
funny, ive said the same thing before. it seems like a odd description, but it is true.
If your having trouble with the lever reach like I did, there is an easy fix. Undo the screw and take the lever out, remove the curved metal anvil thingy from the lever. You need to file down the part on the anvil thingy that makes contact with the reach set screw in the lever. If you look closely the part that contacts the screw is raised, I filed it so it was flush with the rest of the curve and gained more (less) reach than I needed. Depending on how much you file off you could get the levers very close to the bar. I also found this to help with modulation, although that may be down to improved eronomics.
If your lever feel is cheap, use some dry graphite on the cylinder that holds the anvil thingy and the lever together, don't over tighten the screw.
If your lever feel is cheap, use some dry graphite on the cylinder that holds the anvil thingy and the lever together, don't over tighten the screw.
that wont change the plastic lever feeling like crap though
Plastic lever - do you mean they feel like plastic?
I have a set of 2005 Gustavs whith alu levers - which feel awersome. Everything feels awesome about Gustavs - to me at least. But I have to note that they do feel different to other brakes, but once i got used to them...
Only other brake I could consider buying is Shimano Saint. I certainly wouldn't buy any DOT based brakes - they all massively suck.
I have a set of 2005 Gustavs whith alu levers - which feel awersome. Everything feels awesome about Gustavs - to me at least. But I have to note that they do feel different to other brakes, but once i got used to them...
Only other brake I could consider buying is Shimano Saint. I certainly wouldn't buy any DOT based brakes - they all massively suck.
I took off my Gustav levers and put on saints as they both use mineral oil. They work great, no issues so far.
i thought the Magura blood was thicker than the mineral oil shimano uses
they obviously werent plastic. they just felt like crap