Hi guys,

I saw that this topic was on this forum but ages ago.... I want to buy a front disc brake to my bike. I am around 12 -13 stones and I like XC style of cycling. Decided to buy good stuff, which I always thought is shimano xt but.... when i went to shop and ask about shimano xt break (setup) guy said that for this money i can get a hope setup which is better. i am not British and never heard about hope company. Could you help me?

So there isn’t a huge different between them? But there is suggestion that is easier to maintain hope one – great. It’s confusing a bitJ maybe you have a suggestion for brake around 150 quid for a setup?I know that shimano xt is very good stuff therefore i  pick it up firstly.

Depends which Hope brakes  you are looking at, a lot of negatives about Hope brakes my current ones M4s have had no problems in 18 months. Older hopes did need a bit of maintainance.

I also run Simano M555s on a hard tail and they are coming up 6 years old with no maintainance except 2 fluid changes and lots of pads.

They dont stop as well as Hope M4s, and I have had them fade once on a hot day when tanking downhill.