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Scott Scale 950

 

I'm sure she got most if not all of the shop's price but like you said, still good deal for me. Yeah the Stache 7 with the easter egg purple and lt blue wouldna done it for me like the lime/black does, not even close..........

 

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Anyone here going to put up with that shit?

 

hey guys, having some trouble with my brakes. Hydraulic disks. all of a sudden (haven't ridden in a while so between the last ride and this one) it feels like the pressure in the lines increased 10 fold. the back brake locks up the tire completely. I released some fluid and pressure and it was fine for a while, then after letting her sit for a while again it happened again. any ideas? does this happen normally on hydraulic brakes? this is my first set of brakes like this.

 

Who makes the brakes?

 

SRAM I believe makes the ones that are currently on there. ill double check when I get home.

 

The steeds:

Top of Wasatch Crest Trail


Post Crest / Post Tour of Utah viewing watering hole stop (didn't have a rack) with a bud and his '97 Gary Fischer:


My boy Blue:

 

Sram can be finicky, you can have an air bubble still in the system that settles when it sits

 

Wouldn't that be at the top of the system where the bleed screw is on the actual lever? I cracked that and only fluid came out. then it was fine for a while and it did it again.

 

Beer Bar and Bar X are great

 

Time for some cables and good old avid bb7s

 

haha I was coming from cables. I liked these a whole lot better till recently.

 

But cables are a whole lot easier to work on.

 

you definitely speak the truth there. granted ive never actually worked on these before.

 

Old SRAM/Avid brakes are infamous for sucking. Don't go back to cable, just invest in a nice set of newer hydros such as Avid Guides or Shimano XTs and as long as you service once a year you won't have issues.

 

it may have been a couple of years without service... what year models are you classifying as "older" models? I got these in 2014.

 

I was wondering the same about what's conisdered "old"? I have some Avid's from 2010. Servicing them is kind of a pain. This last time was probably the only time it's actually gone like it should and it only took 1 attempt for each brake. WHen switching to Shimano XT's, do rotors need to be swapped as well?

 

Not always it by the caliper, like others have said sram/avids can be a bitch to bleed

 

I'd say that makes sense, but it doesn't. why have the bleeder screw near the lowest point. and what have I been "bleeding" with haha.

 

2010 is old. Around 2014/2015 SRAM really invested some time in their new brakes and made them competitive with Shimano. The old stuff is just clunky and proprietary. No need for new rotors. Check out PinkBike for solid used deals. I wouldn't go any less quality than Deore, therefore Deore, XT, Zee, Saint, and XTR (priced respectively) are all excellent.