Bargain buys thread

[Mr Crudley]

Auto tune is an amazing gift...

I've got the chest hair covered.

You need fro, dude. Accept no substitutes.

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[camo71]

Some pretty decent deals on bars and chain guides , pedals etc ... it’s Canadian dollars which is pretty close to ours ...
thought I’d give that twinty guide a go , the shipping was a bit shit at $30 , if I had of seen those $10 bars woulda grabbed them to to make a bit more worthwhile
https://www.blackspire.com/product-category/clearance/

 

[moorey]

T7’s $172 sets of XT m8000 is back on.
https://m.torpedo7.com.au/products/...VVwQqCh2s3AJ1EAQYBCABEgLrDfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[hifiandmtb]

At least they now state that the sets come with resin pads...

 

[moorey]

At least they now state that the sets come with resin pads...

Personally prefer the resin.

 

[schred]

I prefer resin on the back but sintered on the front with 203 rotor

 

[Travis22]

Kinda wish i didnt see that, great price for the brakes!! Just ordered some cable discs for my winter hardtail (bb7’s) cos ive finally given up on the vbrakes... would have bought these in a heartbeat if id see that price! Just need a ripper deal on a 26” wheelset QR front and rear, 6bolt disc hubs?

Unbeknownst to me, the Rocky came with metal icetechs. Ok yes now i would say i do like metal pads probably better but going through the icetech rotors before the set of metal pads ran out = back to resin pads for me!

Travis

 

[Ultra Lord]

Really? Damn icetech rotors must be made of cheese. On my 3rd sintered pads with dodgy cheapo shimano deore disks.

 

[Oddjob]

Kinda wish i didnt see that, great price for the brakes!! Just ordered some cable discs for my winter hardtail (bb7’s) cos ive finally given up on the vbrakes... would have bought these in a heartbeat if id see that price! Just need a ripper deal on a 26” wheelset QR front and rear, 6bolt disc hubs?

Unbeknownst to me, the Rocky came with metal icetechs. Ok yes now i would say i do like metal pads probably better but going through the icetech rotors before the set of metal pads ran out = back to resin pads for me!

Travis

Icetech rotors are just rubbish. They aren't actually floated which means that they warp easily and as you've discovered they wear very quickly. Taiwanese floating rotors will be much better like the Uberbike or Discobrake ones, or the Hope ones which are even better again.

 

[tkdbboy]

Icetech rotors are just rubbish. They aren't actually floated which means that they warp easily and as you've discovered they wear very quickly. Taiwanese floating rotors will be much better like the Uberbike or Discobrake ones, or the Hope ones which are even better again.

+1 for

Well priced and good quality

 

[Mr Crudley]

Icetech rotors are just rubbish. They aren't actually floated which means that they warp easily and as you've discovered they wear very quickly. Taiwanese floating rotors will be much better like the Uberbike or Discobrake ones, or the Hope ones which are even better again.

Just go down the Shimano rotor food chain a bit lower and get the non Icetech variety. The RT66 should be fine and none of this Icetech steel & alloy sandwich that I''l go out on a limb and guess that they must warp as they expand/contract at different rates.

 

[moorey]

Bollocks. I’ve got sets that are 5yo, dead straight, and not overly worn.
Fake news.

 

[scblack]

Bollocks. I’ve got sets that are 5yo, dead straight, and not overly worn.
Fake news.

Yep, mine are a few years old, been great.

However I have just picked up some 203mm Magura rotors. Cant wait to fit them.

 

[kten]

Icetech rotors are just rubbish. They aren't actually floated which means that they warp easily and as you've discovered they wear very quickly. Taiwanese floating rotors will be much better like the Uberbike or Discobrake ones, or the Hope ones which are even better again.

Disagree with your comment on icetech rotors being shit. I have flogged multiple sets of different diameters and have had zero issues as have the people I ride with.
But....maybe you are just uber fast and need Carbotech floating (or floated) rotors with ceramic pads and reverse thrust.
Or you are not so fast and have glazed a set of resin pads from braking too much, which has required masses of lever pressure creating a volcanic like heat on the rotor which has in turn mullered it?? No rotor stands a chance if that's the case...

 

[Mr Crudley]

Bollocks. I’ve got sets that are 5yo, dead straight, and not overly worn.
Fake news.

They last long for you since you never use them. You are too fast for brakes going the gnar and all.

 

[moorey]

They last long for you since you never use them. You are too fast for brakes going the gnar and all.

Trust me. I brake more than anyone you know.

 

[Mr Crudley]

Trust me. I brake more than anyone you know.

You don't get to the podium with brakes.

I can out brake you any day of the week provided I'm even going fast enough to begin

 

[moorey]

You don't get to the podium with brakes.

I can out brake you any day of the week provided I'm even going fast enough to begin

Bitch, please. I literally don’t go fast enough to require braking.
I was one of the few o45’s that has had more than a cursory glance at the track.
#fishinabarrel

 

[Mr Crudley]

Bitch, please. I literally don’t go fast enough to require braking.
I was one of the few o45’s that has had more than a cursory glance at the track.
#fishinabarrel

Pffft, you are a humble podium winner if I ever saw one.

Now, back to Mr Sheening those trophies, o' unbraking one

 

[Ultra Lord]

There still good cause he spends so much time on the ground wonderin what happened.


He even has the pictures to prove it hahaha