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Thread: what budget brakes have pad contact point/ bite adjustment?

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    what budget brakes have pad contact point/ bite adjustment?

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    I love my XT&#39;s and one of the main things is the bite point adjustment on it.&nbsp; &nbsp; Do any of the &quot;cheap&quot; amazon options have any of this?&nbsp; &nbsp;I see LOTS of reach adjustent on them all but nothing for bite / contact point adjustment.</p>
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    Cable brakes all do, don't they?

    ... If you're going for a commuter, tourer, beater, etc, IMHO cable brakes are a solid choice.
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    Do you want more lever throw, or less?

    If it's less, then it shouldn't really matter. As far as I know, the contact point adjusters on pretty much all brakes just add throw. Brakes without a contact point adjust just default to the least amount of throw.

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    I think any hydro brake adjustment is just fiddling with the lever thro the lever not the pad or caliper


    &quot;&quot; If you&#39;re going for a commuter, tourer, beater, etc, IMHO cable brakes are a solid choice. &quot;&quot; An unpopular opinion but ^^ especilay true if you are actualy touring in a furin country where they donnot deal with hydros when one shits the bed


    the BB7 was a favorite of mine it didnt really modulate but it didnt matter
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    wanting this for customers mountain bikes that want more power/adjustment, but not the XT/XTR price point.

    Ya, mechanical is great for town/gravel/fat bikes, but looking for a bit more power AND adjustment


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    well I was just agreeing with el chup on some on road applications my buddy was stuck somewhere in yurp with a dead Hayes Mag on an old mtn bike if he had the BB7 he would have probably been better off, the BB7 actualy had a lot of power but no modulation as much or more power than the Hayes Mag of the time


    I think you might wana look for some Guides they had a knob on the lever and they are now > 5 yrs old they came on my cheap spec Bullit


    SRAM is now flogging the DB8 as a replacement for the Guides which came on my cheap spec Vala so the DB8 feels pretty much like a guide
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    This is for a customer's bike? Putting generic Chinese brakes from Amazon on a customer's bike seems... sketchy.

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    Lewis brakes?


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    However many are in a shit ton.

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    I was pretty impressed with the DB8s that came stock on my last bike. I ran them for about a year before upgrading and really didn't have any complaints for general trail riding. Pretty good value for the money.
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