Old Gen. Shimano XT Disk Brakes

At first glance at the Xt’s they are a very rugged and no frills design, our brakes were installed onto a modified Trek hardtail with 160mm rotors with XC riding in mind. Having been running cable disks every since the purchase of the bike these hydraulics prioved a fresh change of stopping power. Sadly things began the change after around three weeks of using the brakes the power began to drastically reduce and becaime’ laggy’ and noisy. This all down to oil getting on the disk pads, but overall the XT’s are a good brake but i would recommend using bigger rotors to give you the best preformance from the brakes.

MTBRiding Rating 8/10

‘Great all round brake, just needs bigger rotors.’

Aaron.

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