BRAKES
2010 Avid XX Disc Brake
We've heard the Avid XX Disc Brake compared to the Avid (owned by SRAM) Elixir CR and the Avid Juicy Ultimate. We understand the comparison, and looking at it we can see where they've taken from both as well as established Avid features like Power Reserve (lever pivot is close to bars, making ...read more
2010 Avid Elixir CR Carbon Disc Brakes
The folks at Avid are seemingly never content. While they've enjoyed the lion's share of the disc brake market these last few years with the Juicy series, they've hardly rested on their laurels. They have been busy pondering ideas and making modifications to the hugely successful line. The ...read more
2010 Avid Elixir R Disc Brake
Enjoying trickle down technology from the Elixir CR disc brake is the Avid Elixir R disc brake. The Elixir R sacrifices a carbon lever blade, and pad contact adjustment and an adjustable banjo fitting, to deliver top-notch performance at an incredible value. At the heart of the new Elixir ...read more
2010 Avid BB-7 MTB Disc Brake
Avid BB-7 disc brakes changed the way people thought about cable-actuated disc brakes. Avid showed that cables could work in this application. Several years, and a number of generations later, Avid has further refined their system. The working difference between the Avid BB series and Juicy ...read more
2010 Avid Speed Dial 7
SRAM has several tricks up their sleeve. One is how they made the Avid Speed Dial 7 levers so light, so cheap, and with many of the features of the Ultimate. It boasts a similar speed dial for leverage adjustment, a body that can be used on the right or left side, and a lever that will bend before ...read more
2010 Formula R1 Disc Brake
Go faster with better brakes. It's a concept we never really grasped until we fell in love with the Formula Oro Puro brake. It represented the pinnacle of braking performance offering an unparalleled combination of premium modulation and stop-you-dead-in-your-tracks power. With oodles of power, ...read more
2010 Formula The One Disc Brake
The One brakeset from Formula is like a good recipe. It changes a bit over time to make it better, even tastier than the time before. And for 2010, it has a bunch of great new features. Formula engineers have found a way to keep 140 grams off your plate for the next time you eat your friends for ...read more
2010 Formula RX Disc Brake
Formula has revamped their entire lineup, based in part, on the merits of their incredible R1 brakeset. The good news is that the trickledown effect has resulted in a host of new products that share the same great new design features. The Formula RX Disc Brake is such a recipient. It shares ...read more
2010 Magura Marta SL Mag Ti Disc Brake
Magura's Marta SL Magnesium Ti Disc Brake carries on the tradition of "Best Overall", an honor awarded to its predecessor, the Marta SL, in a Mountain Bike Action Magazine disc brake shootout. The reasons: the right combo of feel, power, light weight, and the real kicker…the brakes were totally ...read more
2010 Magura Marta SL Disc Brake
The Magura Marta SL disc brake was completely redesigned. Not satisfied with the "best overall" ratings and the universal accolades that the 2008 Marta SL received, the engineers at Magura went back to the drawing board and decided to totally re-imagine the Marta SL. Even though ...read more
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