brembo

[eddiebrannan]

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http://gallery.mtbr.com/data/mtbr/516/75191/CRW_3210.jpg

[corey@nsmb.com]

Yes sir. Seen them first hand, they had a guy at the Marzocchi Sessions weekend two weeks ago.

They look pretty slick, and given Brembo's reputation, my money would go on them being top notch performers.

[stuart@nsmb.com]

It would actually be a lot of money, Corey. I talked to Bryson Martin from Marzocchi and he said they're going to cost about US$1,000 per wheel.

Very stylie rotors, but wow, that's a lot of cash to drop. Bryson said there are people willing to step up, though...

[corey@nsmb.com]

$1K US per wheel?

OK, that was an easy decision....While they might be beautiful, I doubt they perform $700 or whatever it is better than Hayes do.

You can buy performance brake kits for your car for less!

[seand]

i bend/break rotors way to often to spend that much on a per-wheel solution :lol:


im with corey...they cant be 700$ better than hayes!

[Jon-boy]

I can't truly see them 'selling' brakes for that much. It's pretty crazy. What the hell makes them that much more expensive?
The Hope Mono6 Ti are about $400 a wheel and I thought they were pretty trick.
Maybe a few sponsored riders will have them and a few people with more money than sense... but that's it.

[Jon-boy]

BTW the rotors look a little Hope-like (Mono-6 Ti).

[Faithless]

can someone fill me in about whats so special about this brake and or company?

[corey@nsmb.com]

Originally posted by MajinHurricane
can someone fill me in about whats so special about this brake and or company?

Brembo produces arguably the best automotive (racing) brakes. They are used on high end cars (Ferrari, Porsche etc) and many race cars and motorcycles.

This brake is special because it is brembo's first swing at a mtb brake...and if it lives up to their rock solid automotive reputation, it is bound to be one of, if not the best brake on the market.

[Faithless]

should be quiet intresting then

[carter]

AP Racing is muchho better IMO. They make almost all the F1 brakes and clutches.

Brembo is still good enough to run on my bike.

[TylerDurden]

At $1000 a wheel, these Brembo's are going to collect dust in the same glass case as the Marzocchi RAC forks, Shimano AirLine shifting system, Whipperman ti-chains, Morati ti-cranks etc.

[Putty]

Originally posted by carter


Brembo is still good enough to run on my bike.

*buletin board breathes a collective sigh of relief*

[PegCityThrasher]

Originally posted by TylerDurden
At $1000 a wheel, these Brembo's are going to collect dust in the same glass case as the Marzocchi RAC forks, Shimano AirLine shifting system, Whipperman ti-chains, Morati ti-cranks etc.

A pretty damn good round up of all the stupid MTB ideas there've been. The RAC did look cool, though. And you could get your own Airlines from Cambria. They had 'em goin for $369 a month or two ago.

[mulletard]

ya, the air lines are only like 4 years old now, if not older. for such a limited production i recall it was 1000 ? sets were made. funny there are still some left after four years:rolleyes: "can you guys wait while i infate my gears!!!!":rolleyes:

[eddiebrannan]

i never ever saw that before. what happened to it?

http://www.cambriabike.com/forks&shock/images/marzocchi_rac_fork_2002.jpg

[freeeeeerider]

Originally posted by eddiebrannan
i never ever saw that before. what happened to it?

http://www.cambriabike.com/forks&shock/images/marzocchi_rac_fork_2002.jpg I guess they just stopped making them. Seems sorta like the parent of the shiver sc

[Revscene]

those were before the shiver SC days... designed to be a light weight alternative for XC... i think it was intended to be the new benchmark in light weight technology, an alternative to the RS Sid... i believe MBA reviewed one of the protos and gave it a good review... but apparently it was extremely pricy.. never flew i suppose

[eddiebrannan]

that says it's an 02 model, so not pre shiver. and 20mm for xc?

[PegCityThrasher]

Well, I think some RAC's actually made it into production. It would've been extremely limited. They had carbon uppers, air/oil internals and were disc only. They were intended as an enduro fork, and not as an XC race fork. They were too heavy to be raced XC. Some were used in dual races and on the cover of the 2001 Norco catalog there is some trials rider shown using one. And, on the topic of reviews Mountain Bike did a feature in like 00-01 called 'Your Next Fork". In it, they compared the RAC to the then-new Psylo, when both were still in the prototype stage.

[freeeeeerider]

Originally posted by PegCityThrasher
were disc only.
All inverted forks are disc only :)

[PegCityThrasher]

I know that.

[Sobot_FR]

$1000 a wheel, and they chose black calipers.

Why not gold? Like their cars brakes?

Or even pink:thepimp:

[teigrub]

Originally posted by carter
AP Racing is muchho better IMO. They make almost all the F1 brakes and clutches.

Brembo is still good enough to run on my bike.

Just for your information AP Racing is part of Brembo Group.
As far as I know the complete set (front + rear) will cost around 1.000 $; if you are willing to spend 1.500 $ for a DH fork why don't you want to spend 1.000 $ for good brakes?

:???:

ITALIANS DO IT BETTER :D

[Oldfart]

Originally posted by freeeeeerider
All inverted forks are disc only :)

Except for the old Halson's. But they don't make those anymore. Might have something to do with the way the legs fell out of the crown, like mine did. Scary stuff.

[PegCityThrasher]

I have an issue of Mountain Bike where they review those forks.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by freeeeeerider
All inverted forks are disc only :)
Not true. Interloc had one that had canti posts that slid up and down, poking out through slits in the uppers. :eek:

[Gazz]

Originally posted by Oldfart
Except for the old Halson's. But they don't make those anymore. Might have something to do with the way the legs fell out of the crown, like mine did. Scary stuff.

Hmmm. The legs fell out of the crown of my old Halson as well. Too bad - for an early 90's era fork, they were the stiffest thing out there. And almost 30 mm of sticky travel, too!

[Gazz]

Originally posted by Toshi
Not true. Interloc had one that had canti posts that slid up and down, poking out through slits in the uppers. :eek:

Same deal with the old Halsons. Worked okay on an undamped elastomer fork, but can't see how it would work on a modern oil-bath fork.

[methods]

the RAC was intended to be a sub 3lb 4" inverted fork... but it turned out to be 4.6lbs and a serious price tag.

[UFO]

Originally posted by mulletard
ya, the air lines are only like 4 years old now, if not older. for such a limited production i recall it was 1000 ? sets were made. funny there are still some left after four years:rolleyes: "can you guys wait while i infate my gears!!!!":rolleyes:

they worked well. designed strictly for dh racing, where you would obviously get topped off before the next run. obviously not meant for the general freeriding consumer population

[DangerousDean]

Originally posted by UFO
they worked well. designed strictly for dh racing, where you would obviously get topped off before the next run. obviously not meant for the general freeriding consumer population
a tank could be used for upwards of 1000 shifts, depending on what the tempurature was :)

[Bryce]

Originally posted by placebo
[B]Very stylie rotors [B]

... but nowhere near as cool as Palmer's Hope rotors with Palmer machined in. Or Ged the Hed