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I just got a new mountain bike (Litespeed Niota to replace my Fisher Sugar 2). The Fisher has Shimano XT 4 piston brakes. The Niota came with XTR 2 piston brakes.
The XTRs are lighter than the old school XTs but they really don't have the stopping power. Is there anything I can do to get these brakes to work better? If I can't I'm going to retrofit the 4 piston XT brakes on the new bike. 30-40 grams is meaningless compared to good brakes.
IronDonut said:I just got a new mountain bike (Litespeed Niota to replace my Fisher Sugar 2). The Fisher has Shimano XT 4 piston brakes. The Niota came with XTR 2 piston brakes.
The XTRs are lighter than the old school XTs but they really don't have the stopping power. Is there anything I can do to get these brakes to work better? If I can't I'm going to retrofit the 4 piston XT brakes on the new bike. 30-40 grams is meaningless compared to good brakes.
could this be the old shimano story of fitting pads that last but are too hard to stop well ? you could try aftermarket pads or it may just be that the pads you have need more time to bed in - oh , if you plan on swapping the calipers do make sure that the lever/ reservoir is compatible .
IronDonut said:I just got a new mountain bike (Litespeed Niota to replace my Fisher Sugar 2). The Fisher has Shimano XT 4 piston brakes. The Niota came with XTR 2 piston brakes.
The XTRs are lighter than the old school XTs but they really don't have the stopping power. Is there anything I can do to get these brakes to work better? If I can't I'm going to retrofit the 4 piston XT brakes on the new bike. 30-40 grams is meaningless compared to good brakes.
Get custom Ti disks machined. The problem is that crappy steel you got spinning around not having half the pistons. :p
Already looked into that genius. They make Ti replacement rotors for the XT brakes but not the XTRs.
wilmar13 said:Get custom Ti disks machined. The problem is that crappy steel you got spinning around not having half the pistons. :p
IronDonut said:Already looked into that genius. They make Ti replacement rotors for the XT brakes but not the XTRs.
I guess we do need a sarcasm flag on here.
have you tried squeezing harder? or maybe using two fingers...
works for me. for stopping power that is.
IronDonut said:I just got a new mountain bike (Litespeed Niota to replace my Fisher Sugar 2). The Fisher has Shimano XT 4 piston brakes. The Niota came with XTR 2 piston brakes.
The XTRs are lighter than the old school XTs but they really don't have the stopping power. Is there anything I can do to get these brakes to work better? If I can't I'm going to retrofit the 4 piston XT brakes on the new bike. 30-40 grams is meaningless compared to good brakes.
The rear brake is acceptable. The front just isn't. I think I'm gonna retrofit my 4 piston XT calipers to the front and leave the two piston caliper XTRs on the rear.
Hypnospin said:have you tried squeezing harder? or maybe using two fingers...
works for me. for stopping power that is.
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