Upgrade your bicycle brakes for less than $75 ZOOM

zoom hydraulic brakes make for an awesome and cheap upgrade to any bike. for less than $75 you can get these off Amazon, in tons of great colors.
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[@fifthcircle1]

These are surprisingly pretty good. I did have the rear leaking at the bleed port. It was missing an o-ring. I had one laying around that fit. Bled it, and replaced the contaminated pads. All ok now, but something to check!

[@acebikemedia]

Oh that's a weird one. Luckily you were able to fix it. The brakes are pretty good. I was stunned

[@wastedWizard509]

Make it airless is horrible with this brakes i think i gonna swap to another brand

[@UnburdenedByWhatHasBeen]

I have a set of shimano xt m8100's on my CO-OP hardtail. I put a set of these on my wifes Ozark Trail ridge and they stop just as good. The build quality of the levers isn't as nice, but they look great in purple on her gray and purple bike.

[@acebikemedia]

They are pretty impressive, especially for the price. Haters are always gonna hate. Your user name cracked me up btw 😂

[@shadowexorofficial8778]

literally got these the other day they are absolutely great for the price and come fully bled and easy af to set up

[@julianlim8692]

Nice rigid bike mate!

[@acebikemedia]

Thanks man. Its a fun bike to rip around

[@leszek9037]

​@@acebikemediawhat bike is it? I love rigid bikes

[@OnlyTheReal_RPM]

Rigid just the frame I’m pretty sure

[@Red_Bull2]

I recommend a minimum of shimano m6100. Those are good for trails with flat elevation and no features, but that’s gets boring pretty quick. M6100 are around $120 for the rear level and caliper, and the front is 110

[@its_sammy_28]

Yeah, If you give us money to buy one that would be good

[@lynxisgood]

Not every one can just put a $120 just like that dude

[@fruityfruit668]

the video went from $60 a pair to this $230 comment lol

[@acebikemedia]

😂

[@Red_Bull2]

@@lynxisgood just get a job, it’s not that expensive? You can literally buy them with one paycheck?

[@NonLegitNation2]

I had these before replacing with MT200, and tbh I liked these better than the Shimano MT200, they have better reash, better lever shape and I feel they stopped better then my MT200s. I just switched from resin to Metallic pads on my MT200s and they are now about as good as the Zoom brakes. People give these brakes alot of shit because they're cheap but I really liked them, the only reason I'm not using them now is I went with an all black color scheme and I don't feel like spending another $60 after spending $80 on my MT200s.

[@acebikemedia]

Interesting. Nice to hear from someone who has ridden both. Things were getting pretty heated in these comments

[@OptimusCrime_69]

they kinda look like the mt200, except that they have a 2 bolt design and fancy colors. what pads do you use on your brakes?

[@NonLegitNation2]

@@OptimusCrime_69 metal sintered pads

[@DepT_ToxiC]

And for those living in the uk not sure about the other country’s then you’re even more luckier because because chain reaction is still running the 50% off on selected components so you can snag yourself a shimano alivio m445 brake set for £30 rrp£90 Or even begetter you can get Tektro HDM-745 But this time you have to get front and rear separate both costing £40 per side and rrp being £140, plus a lot lot more baringds on other components too

[@tauntonlad]

What disc rotors are worth getting ?

[@Zerologic8888]

i just combine this calipers with shimano levers, thats feel so good

[@marcosramos4596]

Gotta put some Hydraulic Brakes on my E-Bike!

[@elQuestionare]

The formula front brake of my freeride bike broke and i had to use the mt200 on that bike for the short term (because i dont wanted to wait) .. what can i say, it works. Not as good as the formula brakes, but defenitely ridable without having to fear that they break down. But to be fair i have never tested those zoom brakes.

[@ILYTK1ONYT]

I have those but can’t find break pads I’ve got a electric giant

[@acebikemedia]

I believe it actually uses Shimano pads

[@robinrai4973]

I managed to get four piston xts for 100 bucks used!

[@acebikemedia]

Nice. That's a solid deal. I run those on my jeffsy. I paid considerably more than you did 😂

[@makncheese6836]

Not gonna lie cheap Amazon brakes seem to be great for gravel bikes that had mechanical brakes

[@acebikemedia]

Absolutely

[@LordDirus007]

Ordered some for my Ebike.

[@acebikemedia]

Nice hopefully they are a good upgrade! What e bike?

[@LordDirus007]

@@acebikemedia Wooken Ebike

[@ChrisLena]

That’s dope…..do they make drop bar versions???

[@acebikemedia]

Unfortunately I don't think so

[@petrosspetrosgali]

If you aren’t a downhill racer, stick with rim brakes if that’s what your bike came with. Disc brakes are more expensive and harder to adjust. They don’t stop your bike much better anyways, unless you’re blasting down a mountain at over 50-5ph

[@devanshsathiala0000]

Hello I am going to buy hydrolic disk brake but confused between Cable pull hydrolic calliper or full hydrolic brake

[@acebikemedia]

Cable pull hydraulic, you just use a specific hydraulic caliper, keeps your normal mechanical brake cables and lever. Full hydraulic uses hydraulic fluid lines to actuate the caliper and requires an all new system (levers, cables, calipers)

[@doseinodo]

Interesting. I hear these are a bit better than MT200. But then again I got MT200 (both: front and rear kits) for 50eur total.

[@acebikemedia]

For $50eur, I would get the MT200 also I think.

[@Dylanrehn69]

I’m new to bikes I was wondering how do you shift gears with these

[@Justus24491]

There brakes not a gear shifter

[@simonlinser8286]

There's two little levers, you can see one on the right side, the left one is underneath, if you have front and rear derailleur then you have two of these little levers left and right, and you use your thumb for one, index finger other one. They suck though i still have scar tissue from when i was a teenager from my index fingers and thumb rubbing up against them, which was probably my fault for not adjusting them, but should you really have to have to wear gloves to ride your bike without your hands getting all torn up. Cheap shifters too they had sharp stuff. I just don't even have gears anymore, it's better that way, nothing to break or make you wreck when they fail. Also good training.

[@raziel8321]

How bad does the factory brake have to be, so the really terrible Zoom brake could be an upgrade? The majority of the zooms sold can go straight into the trash ( because quality ), only a few work on a good low level standard.

[@acebikemedia]

I think these are a pretty reasonable upgrade for anyone who has a bike with mechanical brakes, or an old mountain bike with 15 year old hydraulic systems. I was impressed with these specific zoom brakes for the price.

[@S.A.LBike.]

awesome

[@teodorvangelov]

But why consider these when you can buy shimano mt200 which are the same ones, are cheaper and can be get from everywhere.

[@iaminyourwalls479]

Shimano mt 200 costs 80 dollars. 20 dollar difference is a lot if you are buying budget parts.

[@teodorvangelov]

@@iaminyourwalls479 In my country and even on aliexpress mt200 is no more than $50-60

[@LordHolley]

They used to be cheap like that but then the word got out. Next thing you know, you couldn't find him anywhere, Now you're finding them marked up. The zoom brakes actually do just fine. They are perfect for upgrading your kids bike, Low performance crusers, etc, just fine. I wouldn't go putting them on a downhill bike though.

[@nicgur_6981]

I think you’ve been watching too much of that guy who keeps doing those wheelies on his green bike SE

[@who3033]

@@teodorvangelov those arent real dawg

[@IMikePlays]

Are they still running good up 'til now?

[@blackphoenix1981]

Any updates after a few months???

[@tausifabrarabir3772]

How is it going now ? I am willing to buy one

[@havefunandbikestuff]

Rad 🎉

[@kentbyron1738]

hows the bleeding process? was it hard?

[@acebikemedia]

I didn't actually bleed them yet. From what I heard it's not bad at all

[@LunaRiderr]

Would this be good for a e-bike? Goes roughly 30mph on average e

[@acebikemedia]

They make a four piston caliper version for e bikes. I'd think that would work well.

[@LunaRiderr]

@@acebikemedia ok thanks 🙏

[@elQuestionare]

For that money i buy an mt200 or similar from shimano. Just got 2 Hayes Stroker Trail brakes for 15 bucks used on ebay. Not a big fan of zoom...

[@acebikemedia]

$15 is a steal

[@ficinoninovillaflores8614]

Bro, you know any repair kit for zoom brakes? I have zoom brakes but it's leaking

[@acebikemedia]

I don't know of any off the top of my head but I think any Shimano brake kit could work. The zoom brake is just an older Shimano design

[@luigiprovencher]

What does it cost to have a bike shop install them?

[@acebikemedia]

I really don't know what it costs these days, But if you don't have internal cable routing, it's extremely easy

[@luigiprovencher]

@@acebikemedia Can you use the external mounts or drill through them because they're designed to work with the cable? Did you just zip tie them all? I don't know or remember if I've watched the whole video,yet. I'm all over the place looking up parts and bike tutorials.

[@luigiprovencher]

@bigballcomedy Where's that?

[@xcvols]

Sketch

[@Lucifer07-r7u]

WTF this bike Doesn't have fork 😮

[@acebikemedia]

Full rigid bike

[@kenan_allaham]

i say Shimano mt200 are better

[@acebikemedia]

They probably are. Haven't ridden those specific ones but everything Shimano does is gold

[@kenan_allaham]

@@acebikemedia amazing performance for little price

[@nicgur_6981]

I heard other people say that those are pieces of shit and no one uses it for BMX idk man

[@elQuestionare]

@@kenan_allaham i love them too. Have them on my city- light trail bike. The formula front brake of my freeride bike broke and i had to use the mt200 on that bike for the short term (because i dont wanted to wait) .. what can i say, it works. Not as good as the formula brakes, but defenitely ridable without having to fear that they break down. I take those 10 times over any zoom product.

[@acebikemedia]

To clarify, I would take anything that says Shimano over zoom as well. I got these zoom brakes for a rigid hardtail built, and I wanted purple anodized brakes. So it was Hope or zoom 😂

[@MIKEDIAMONDZ]

Zoom brakes are very unreliable ... they leak

[@OnlyTheReal_RPM]

Their hydraulic brakes, not mechanical😅

[@acebikemedia]

Think you misunderstood. The suggestion was to upgrade your mechanical brakes to these cheap ones. I even talk about the mineral oil

[@belgianwaffle3883]

Do not buy these. Get some MT200s instead. They will be on par for performance and you know they will be tried and tested.

[@wastedWizard509]

Ik heb deze ze remmen goed maar om ze lucht vrij te maken is echt onmogenlijk heb alles geprobeerd ik denk dat ik andere remmen ga kopen want ik gebruik ze voor op me ebike die 45km gaat

[@belgianwaffle3883]

@@wastedWizard509 ik heb nog nooit problemen gehad met het ontluchten van de remmen. Ze zijn foutloos geweest

[@bikecontent8590]

Schmiano mt200 are cheaper and better

[@RomeoManuelDavid]

No, these brands are shite, i wouldnt trust my life with this one when going downhill.

[@austinbaum2597]

I have zoom brakes and they suck don’t buy them