CHEAPEST 4 POT BRAKE OF MAGURA UNBOXING AND REVIEW OF MAGURA MT5

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@danharvey3096 Жыл бұрын

I'm a Magura fanboy after the last year & a half riding Magura. They're just so nice to use, so much modulation & stopping power.. I came across them & did my res, after buying a 2nd hand 2014 Kona Entourage (My old bike) i needed to upgrade my brakes cos the original saints had been swapped out to some shitty single pots off the new bike of the guy i bought mine from. So when i was looking at brakes i wanted 4 pots obvs, & i was on a budget. I got my Magura pair for $300 delivered UK to NZ from Merlin UK. It was ridiculous.. Best value & probably my favourite component on my bike.. It literally improved my riding.. So i upgraded from my old 2nd hand bike to a newer 2nd hand bike, a YT Tues, it had SRAM Code & i rode them a few times before getting the brakes swapped over before i sold my older bike. The Codes were just terrible, the lever feel felt like mush, the brakes squealed & i felt often like i was going to fade my pads, even though the pads on the SRAMs were new, & recently bled.. Once i got back to Magura, on my YT Tues, it was so much better, i noticed that comfortable familiarity & modulation but also stopping power id gotten used to. But even better, i upgraded the pads on my rear Magura to 4 separate Galfer sintered pads & they were even better.. One thing id say too, that you didnt mention is you need to bed your pads in to the rotors. I've got shimano rotors on mine too & they still work great, but they need to be bedded in to get the full performance, even if you have the expensive 2 part Magura rotors. As for the levers, they were made out of carbotecture as opposed to metal, to keep the weight down so they didn't have to skimp on the callipers even though its a "budget" option. The MT5 calipers are very little different to the premium MT7 callipers in terms of performance & heat resistance. The biggest difference is the levers, but you can upgrade the lever blades on the MT5 to get a bit more adjustability as you say. I'm thinking of getting the ones designed by Loic Bruni, still single finger but straighter for wide fingers. But honestly there's almost no better value component for the price in my opinion. The MT5s are high performance quality for entry level price. You also get used to the plastic feel of the levers for the simple fact that the bite point is almost perfect & the modulation is amazing, while if you really need to stop you can quite easily. These factors totally make up for any plastic feel, as does the fact that mine have been through 3 decent crashes, the last one requiring physio thanks to knees on rocks, & both my brakes are still totally fine. Also props to shouting out @Racebikesnz, that's who i go to for my brake servicing too..

@BlueLineRider Жыл бұрын

ooh yeah the loic upgrade is smart ... will keep this in mind

@ninjazzrhythm400 Жыл бұрын

Cheapest Magura 4 pot is the MT30. When I talked to the Magura representative, MT5, MT30 are the same. The difference is the lever blade, stickers and color. Mt30 is more flexible so it does feel weaker than MT5 but that's a placebo effect, because they have the caliper and master cylinder but the lever blade on mt30 is made out of plastic and MT5 is alloy. mt30 0rice range from 79$ to 99$, MT5 is way more.

@chrisapolinar1102 Жыл бұрын

You beat me to it. Lol

@DigisMr Жыл бұрын

I'm riding xc, and I'm a big guy like I ride xxl frame, and I weight 95kg, my stock shimano entry level brakes doesn't give me lots of coincidence on decents, looking for more stopping power. Thinking about these.

@TheMaoriThatBikes Жыл бұрын

Nice review bro. I like how you speak to this stuff and you know it really well. Its all fucking Spanish to me but i salute the work of the "edit". Definitely adding value to those who covet this type of vid. Chur

@BlueLineRider Жыл бұрын

haha noted sir.