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Grimeca mechanical disc

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Grimeca mechanical disc
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Average Rating: 3 out of 5
No. of Reviews: 11
RRP: £N/A
Year: 2001

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Description: another budget cable pull disc,

REVIEWS

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luke Seymour

Posted: 28/09/01

' Ok brake nice colour, impossible set up'

Strengths:
cheap

Weaknesses:
difficult setup inpossible to get parts, fast pad wear

Overall:
spend out the extra and get avid hope hayes whatever

Performance		60%
Reliability		60%
Value		40%

Overall Rating

53%

Mike Gittins

Posted: 31/10/01

'SHARP BRAKES '

Strengths:
Very sharp brakes at a cheap price

Weaknesses:
Very heavy, rub lots, go wrong, springs fall out.

Overall:
Sharp, cheap brake but rub lots.

Performance		80%
Reliability		40%
Value		40%

Overall Rating

53%

Paul Cooper

Posted: 11/11/01

'RUBBISH'

Strengths:
None what so ever -

Weaknesses:
Made so that Saracen can say the X-ess has disk brakes. Well the V-brakes on all our other bikes are 100% better. We are upgrading to Avid discs - look the part and more importantly act the part. Grimeca disc pads are like hens teeth - even Saracen dont keep them!

Overall:
Dont touch at any prive- if you are really hard up use a reasonable V-brake with new pads for better performance. Grimeca hubs dont last long either!!

Performance		20%
Reliability		20%
Value		20%

Overall Rating

20%

Billy sutherland

Posted: 13/12/01

'OK'

Strengths:
quite powerful better than deore cable disk

Weaknesses:
pads wear out to quickly and there a bit on the heavy side

Overall:
good value for the money more power than deore pitty about the weight thow

Performance		80%
Reliability		60%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

80%

michael smith

Posted: 28/12/01

'SHARP.CAME WHITH MY SARACEN A.W.O.L'

Strengths:
sharp,cheap.

Weaknesses:
take forever to bed in,pads are non egsistant.

Overall:
if your on a buget then these are for you.

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

100%

alexander koscielski

Posted: 26/01/02

'GOOD'

Strengths:
Not anything to shout about. i have had them for 1 year now and there still as good as new. i think there sharp, don't throw you off though. Pads don't run out quick. Don't have to clean often.

Weaknesses:
Heavy ich, Can rub like any other disk break.not hydrolic.

Overall:
A good disk for beginers. you can still do stunts on it and it will make you stop fast so i think its great for beginers only though not for pro's. worth buying i haven;t had the problems for parts yet though i heard they were meant to be realy hard to get.

Performance		80%
Reliability		100%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

93%

joe purchase

Posted: 14/02/02

'FINE'

Strengths:
CHEAP AND V.GOOD POWRE

Weaknesses:
NOT MUCH

Overall:
GOOD ONCE SET UP

Performance		80%
Reliability		80%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

87%

Barclay Danaher

Posted: 17/02/02

' CRAP'

Strengths:
None!

Weaknesses:
The cappier falls apart when i brake hard. they are cheap and nasty.

Overall:
they are crap stay well away

Performance		60%
Reliability		20%
Value		60%

Overall Rating

47%

HAVOC Biker

Posted: 13/09/02

'CAME STANDARD ON SARACEN'

Strengths:
My front brake Worked very well and the pads lasted 2 years and I use it almost everyday for 4 hours

Weaknesses:
My back brake literaly fell apart after 3 days and the shop could not replace it as they are reallypoor and no one buys them so they dont have any grimecas

Overall:
Dont Buy them
If you want mechanicals go for the avids

Performance		80%
Reliability		20%
Value		40%

Overall Rating

47%

Jim Squires

Posted: 17/11/02

'POO'

Strengths:
None what so ever!

Weaknesses:
That they ever made it into production, they don't stop you, they fall apart, the pads wear far to quick, and they stopped my rides from being as good as they could have been. I bought some Shimano DX V-brakes and they are infinatley better.

Overall:
Steer well clear and spend your money on something that will stop you more effectivley LIKE OILING YOUR RIMS.