CarlS
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Just thought I would post up my thoughts and notes about my recent change from XTR to XT on my regular trail bike. I originally tried out the new M9000 XTR race brakes since I found a great deal on them, however my impressions were that they were not as good as the XT M785 brakes I had used previously (on a different bike) So anyhow, I decided to get a set of the newer M8000 XT brakes and had unknowingly ordered them with the metal pads. So these should be impressive stoppers right? Will the advantage be worth the weight penalty?
The XTR brakes had the organics without the cooing fins. The XTR race brakes are still good brakes. VERY light and still have good stopping power, but again I did notice slightly less than the XT M785s I had been using previously. Nothing bad to say about them, but I did notice I was having to apply more lever than I was used to. It was enough to make me think it about it from time to time while riding.
The XT M8000 brakes are definitely noticeably heavier! Taking off the XTRs and installing the XTs, you can feel the extra weight. Mostly in the calipers (metal pads with fins). SO the brakes went on 2 days ago and I got one good 1.5 hour ride on them so far. Same bike, same rotors. I can say I am happy with the results so far although I have not used them on any long DH type trails yet. What I noticed was that I was not thinking about them at all, so that means they must be working great for me, right? I could quickly scrub off speed with light pulls of the index fingers. and NO noise, ZERO so far and again these are metal pads. Another thing I liked was that they seemed to bed in quickly with a few hard stops. ooops I lied, they made a slight squeek 2nd time I applied them during bed in process.![Roll Eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png)
Anyhow. will post up some more thoughts and pics after a good long decent. I'm happy with the stopping power, but still trying to get over adding 176 grams = almost half pound !![Eek! :eek: :eek:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png)
![Eek! :eek: :eek:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png)
![Eek! :eek: :eek:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png)
The XTR brakes had the organics without the cooing fins. The XTR race brakes are still good brakes. VERY light and still have good stopping power, but again I did notice slightly less than the XT M785s I had been using previously. Nothing bad to say about them, but I did notice I was having to apply more lever than I was used to. It was enough to make me think it about it from time to time while riding.
The XT M8000 brakes are definitely noticeably heavier! Taking off the XTRs and installing the XTs, you can feel the extra weight. Mostly in the calipers (metal pads with fins). SO the brakes went on 2 days ago and I got one good 1.5 hour ride on them so far. Same bike, same rotors. I can say I am happy with the results so far although I have not used them on any long DH type trails yet. What I noticed was that I was not thinking about them at all, so that means they must be working great for me, right? I could quickly scrub off speed with light pulls of the index fingers. and NO noise, ZERO so far and again these are metal pads. Another thing I liked was that they seemed to bed in quickly with a few hard stops. ooops I lied, they made a slight squeek 2nd time I applied them during bed in process.
![Roll Eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png)
Anyhow. will post up some more thoughts and pics after a good long decent. I'm happy with the stopping power, but still trying to get over adding 176 grams = almost half pound !
![Eek! :eek: :eek:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png)
![Eek! :eek: :eek:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png)
![Eek! :eek: :eek:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png)
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