Hydraulic disk brakes

[banbury frank]

Hi I have seen these on eBay Hydraulic stopping power 6 pot £200

New 6 piston hydraulic Gator Disc brake complete Kit,u on eBay (end time 10-Jun-11 19:51:06 BST)


Frank

 

[Scottyf]

Those brakes are worth more than my bike ;-)

 

[banbury frank]

Hi

Scottyf

You are BRAKING my heart

STOP it

Frank

 

[Mussels]

They look rather nice.
Before anyone buys them remember many ebikes are a fair bit longer than normal bikes, measure the cable length to the rear brake carefully.

 

[RoadieRoger]

That`s grossly over the top for a 15 mph or even 20 mph Ebike .That`s more stopping power than I have on the front disc of my 100 mph 1982 Suzuki GT 250 X7 with 29 HP . I would point out that I haven`t been past 70 mph on it though !

 

[flecc]

Yeah right!

 

[Jon]

Seriously what is the point in that much stopping power? Even on downhill biking or where ever these maybe considered surely its too much stopping power and would just throw you off? My disk brakes are good on the Race and stop you very quickly and they cost nowhere near that and nowhere near as many pistons

 

[Mussels]

Seriously what is the point in that much stopping power? Even on downhill biking or where ever these maybe considered surely its too much stopping power and would just throw you off? My disk brakes are good on the Race and stop you very quickly and they cost nowhere near that and nowhere near as many pistons

Six pistons allow the braking force to be applied more evenly on a larger pad, it improves feel and importantly for downhill racers it prevents brake fade.
It also looks pretty bling.

 

[Scottyf]

Indeed the feel and brake fade would be very good. But for the majority off the population I'd imagine standard disks are fine. Would be cheaper to retro fit a scooter brake master cylinder and caliper.

They do luck cool though and I guess they give you some bragging rights.