Review of the Hayes Stroker Ace mountain bike disc brakes is by Chad Oliver. Chad has been running these brakes since we got them in and has put them through some serious abuse during DH races and destination trips (Moab pic below). Unfortunately, all of the adapters we got n for these brakes were IS to Post and – by the time I got the right ones in – he had...

Final Review of the Hope Tech M4 Hydraulic Brakes for Mountain Bikes can be found by clicking here. Hope Tech just sent in the all new for 2009 Hope Tech M4’s in for review. So what is new for these brakes in 2009? From Hopetechusa.com M4 Levers New! Ambidextrous ‘flip flop’ design, CNC machined from a solid billet of 2014 T6 aircraft spec aluminum alloy –...

In product year 2009, SRAM has been making a lot of changes and introductions throughout its brands. Truvativ released the Hammerschmidt…the Rock Shox suspension fork line was almost completely updated…and the Avid brake lineup saw the introduction of the Avid Elixir R and CR hydraulic disc brakes. The Avid Elixir brakes replace the Avid Juicy Ultimates and...