[FoXRider]

I have a really crappy pair of Hayes Nines. I've tried loctite and so have two different mechanics at two different shops. NOTHING seems to work. I'm not asking for ways to keep the screw from moving. I'm fed up with these and just want to get new brakes. What are your suggestions. I need an 8" up front and a 6" in the rear. I don't want to, but I guess I could go as high as $200 per brake. Thats really pushing it though. Considering my friend just bent the boomerang on my new DRS. (So I gotta get that fixed)

So what brakes do you suggest?

 

[Bicyclist]

Get 8" Avid Mechs with really nice cable and housing- nothing has better power or feel.

 

[FoXRider]

Get 8" Avid Mechs with really nice cable and housing- nothing has better power or feel.

Not liking the Avids. Have tried them. Don't really like them. When ym Nines worked. They felt so much better.

 

[chicodude]

Well, try the avid juciys. Or just get mag levers for your hayes.

 

[MikeD]

I feel like I'm saying this a lot lately...but you could just get Mag levers for your current brakes. If not, get Hopes.

MD

 

[Curb Hucker]

Get Hopes.

MD

you couldnt have said it better :devil:

 

[FoXRider]

I feel like I'm saying this a lot lately...but you could just get Mag levers for your current brakes. If not, get Hopes.

MD

I was thinking mag levers. But on the subject of hopes. Mini's or M4's. I think the M4's are $215 though.

 

[Curb Hucker]

I was thinking mag levers. But on the subject of hopes. Mini's or M4's. I think the M4's are $215 though.

that extra $30 you spend on the pair will be the best $30 youve ever spent

 

[buildyourown]

Considering my friend just bent the boomerang on my new DRS. (So I gotta get that fixed)

OT, but sounds like your friend owes you a DRS.


As for brakes, you can't beat Hayes mags for the money. You can pick up a set cheap on ebay. Or just buy new mag levers for you nines.

 

[kidwoo]

Get 8" Avid Mechs with really nice cable and housing- nothing has better power or feel.

Yup. That's why they're so prevalent in the upper eschelon of the global race circuits.

The cheapest option at this point is mag levers. Even these will move though. Locktite and teflon tape both work and are cheaper than hope brakes.

 

[FoXRider]

The cheapest option at this point is mag levers. Even these will move though. Locktite and teflon tape both work and are cheaper than hope brakes.

The hopes won't have that problem will they? The leverage screw backing out I mean.

OT, but sounds like your friend owes you a DRS.

His solution was to kick it with his heel. Then told me to ride with it like that. Awesome idea I must say. He won't pay for a new DRS. I'm hoping I just need a new boomerang.

 

[Curb Hucker]

The hopes won't have that problem will they? The leverage screw backing out I mean.

never on any of my hopes has this been an issue

 

[FoXRider]

never on any of my hopes has this been an issue

So $430 later i'm garanteed to have the best brakes possible. (With the exception of the 6's. Which are overkill for me.)

 

[chicodude]

buy some shimano XT's or deore's, never had a problem with them, and they are cheap.

 

[wysiwyg]

everything else is an issue with hopes recently, jus not the blade screwing out...

 

[Zark]

His solution was to kick it with his heel. Then told me to ride with it like that. Awesome idea I must say. He won't pay for a new DRS. I'm hoping I just need a new boomerang.

I have a suggestion on where to put the old boomerang :devil:

Yeah, Mike D nailed it, get the mag levers and use the extra money you would have spent on hope on a tranny hooker for your buddy the boomerang bender :

 

[FoXRider]

It's either M4's or Mag levers now.

 

[wysiwyg]

after seeing pair after pair or Monos cooked in france, and mine taking months to break in..my next brakes will be saint methinks.

 

[FoXRider]

after seeing pair after pair or Monos cooked in france, and mine taking months to break in..my next brakes will be saint methinks.

The saints only fit saint hubs right?

 

[wysiwyg]

not if you buy XT rotors.

i was actually running 05 XT, but theyre identical bar the colour.

 

[Curb Hucker]

So $430 later i'm garanteed to have the best brakes possible. (With the exception of the 6's. Which are overkill for me.)

damn straight i own both 4s and 6s and you'll love the 4s

 

[FoXRider]

damn straight i own both 4s and 6s and you'll love the 4s

If I were to compare the Hayes with Mag levers to the M4's would there be a HUGE difference in quality?

 

[RaID]

i think first of all you have to employ a policy

you break it you buy it

if they dont want to obey this they cant ride youre bike its as simple as that

seriously if it was his fault he bent the boomerang he should replace it

 

[FoXRider]

i think first of all you have to employ a policy

you break it you buy it

if they dont want to obey this they cant ride youre bike its as simple as that

seriously if it was his fault he bent the boomerang he should replace it

Not sure if he posts here or not. But I doubt he'd ever pay for it. When he broke it he said I should have got the P.O.S MRP-LRP he's got. EVERYONE told me to go DRS over LRP. So I did. Now he breaks it and complains. He complains about my Hayes Nines not working. Well guess what its not your f*cking bike.

New Policy: I'm the only rider of my bike. That way: I break it, I buy it.

Plus, i've NEVER been the rider of my bike when somethings broken. He broke my derailer, my chain twice and now add the DRS to that.

Probably going Hopes.

 

[buildyourown]

Not sure if he posts here or not. But I doubt he'd ever pay for it. When he broke it he said I should have got the P.O.S MRP-LRP he's got. EVERYONE told me to go DRS over LRP. So I did. Now he breaks it and complains. He complains about my Hayes Nines not working. Well guess what its not your f*cking bike.

New Policy: I'm the only rider of my bike. That way: I break it, I buy it.

Plus, i've NEVER been the rider of my bike when somethings broken. He broke my derailer, my chain twice and now add the DRS to that.

Probably going Hopes.

Wow, sounds like you have a different definition of "friend" than I do.

 

[dante]

Wow, sounds like you have a different definition of "friend" than I do.

I was going to say "first thing, replace the friend!!:" :nuts:

 

[FoXRider]

Wow, sounds like you have a different definition of "friend" than I do.

There must be something wrong with my mind...

True story: His chian is over a year old and today I was riding and a bent link (put under stress) snapped. So being the good friend I am I fix it. Him and another kid take off to go buy sodas. Leaving me and my other friend fixing the bike. So we get it all finished and I put his chain break in my pocket. Not thinking of it. So then were riding back and pass them and me and my friend who helped me fix the bike go to get some drinks. Then as we return to the skatepark. He's trying to grind on my bashguard. It slips and he bends the chainguide into the rear tire and locks it up. After much kicking and stomping its sort of (retardedly) bent back into shape.

Then I take off for home to share the good news to my credit card (umm my mom). Then the kid returns home and gets online. Turns out his chain broke again a few minutes after I leave and I have the chain break. :nuts:

 

[FoXRider]

After a little snooping. Do the Hope rotors only have the 5 bolt spider? Or is it possible to hook them up to a 6 bolt hub?

 

[Curb Hucker]

After a little snooping. Do the Hope rotors only have the 5 bolt spider? Or is it possible to hook them up to a 6 bolt hub?

all new hope rotors use the 6 bolt standard

 

[FoXRider]

all new hope rotors use the 6 bolt standard

Stupid hope website. It was talking about a 5 bolt hub. I was confused. I figured it out when I looked at jensonusa.com but it was to late to delete the post. So if the LBS can get me some M4's thats what it'll be.

 

[Zark]

Oh snap! I'm quoted in a sig line, thats a first

 

[Curb Hucker]

Oh snap! I'm quoted in a sig line, thats a first

im quoted in two sigs :eviltongu

 

[ohio]

Stupid hope website. It was talking about a 5 bolt hub. I was confused. I figured it out when I looked at jensonusa.com but it was to late to delete the post. So if the LBS can get me some M4's thats what it'll be.

whoa whoa whoa... don't be so hasty.

yes M4s are sweet, but let's take a moment for some simple economics:
2 x hayes mag levers = $125

2 x Hope M4s = $430
- Sale of HFX-9s = $125
Subtotal = $305

Total Diff = $180
That's $180 spent so that your brakes have a slightly different feel. Now I'm all about subtlety, and I own both hayes and hope brakes, but for a youngster such as yourself (especially one who's "friend" breaks his bike a lot), I would save the cash. Hayes Mags work great, are powerful, reliable and easy to find spare parts for.

Spend the 2 big ones on a kickass keg party. If you're too young to buy a keg, spend it on drugs.

 

[Matt D]

I'd stick with the Hayes, for money reasons mainly. But also because there seem to be so many problems with Hopes (sqealing, bad lever feel, and the annoying response of "you just bled it wrong, do it again, and again, and again....."). I was really close to getting some before my buddy got M4s, and I swear those things are the most noisy/annoying things ever put on a bike; even though they *work* I can't put up with the noise.

 

[ender]

I have a really crappy pair of Hayes Nines. I've tried loctite and so have two different mechanics at two different shops. NOTHING seems to work. I'm not asking for ways to keep the screw from moving. I'm fed up with these and just want to get new brakes. What are your suggestions. I need an 8" up front and a 6" in the rear. I don't want to, but I guess I could go as high as $200 per brake. Thats really pushing it though. Considering my friend just bent the boomerang on my new DRS. (So I gotta get that fixed)

So what brakes do you suggest?

What about these?

http://www.hayesdiscbrake.com/elcamino/index.htm

 

[FoXRider]

The El Caminos aren't out yet are they?

 

[Matt D]

What about these?

http://www.hayesdiscbrake.com/elcamino/index.htm

And I'm sure they're going to be more expensive than just a pair of levers. He's on a budget remember.

Looks they would be a nice choice if you've got the cash though!

 

[FoXRider]

And I'm sure they're going to be more expensive than just a pair of levers. He's on a budget remember.

Looks they would be a nice choice if you've got the cash though!

I don't remember saying I was on a budget. I'm willing to pay $215 per brake (the M4's...) I'm on no budget. Getting the parents to pay for most of it.

 

[ohio]

I don't remember saying I was on a budget. I'm willing to pay $215 per brake (the M4's...) I'm on no budget. Getting the parents to pay for most of it.

Again: you'll have a lot more fun with $200 spent on drugs and hookers, than $200 on the difference between mags and m4s.

 

[Curb Hucker]

Again: you'll have a lot more fun with $200 spent on drugs and hookers

dont listen to ohio, you can spend $.03 on a toothless hooker and get a gummy