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mntnmrtn Added a reply to Magura's New Race Pro Brakes - Get Your Questions Answered! - Forum Hot Seat
9/24/2026 10:07am Awesome, thanks for the answer, it is really appreciated! I will definately buy a few sets of the SHIM brake pads since it’s the only thing bugging me on those otherwise awesome brakes. Cheers!
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MAGURA Liked a reply to forum topic Magura's New Race Pro Brakes - Get Your Questions Answered! - Forum Hot Seat
9/24/2026 10:04am
Hi, thanks for your questions and for the kind words! We can’t recommend pairing LOUISE or MT5 parts with the MT7. The hydraulic ratios and designs are slightly different, which would change the lever feel. Of course, the best option would be upgrading to the RACE PRO 😎 But I totally understand that you already have two pretty cool brakes sitting in the basement! Here are some ideas: Alignment: For your current setup, I’d recommend the Piston Alignment Tool I mentioned earlier. At just $7, it’s a real little secret weapon for setting up the caliper. Unlike conventional caliper alignment...
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MAGURA Liked a reply to forum topic Magura's New Race Pro Brakes - Get Your Questions Answered! - Forum Hot Seat
9/24/2026 10:04am
Yes, we offer rebuild kits for the master piston and the lever bearing. And the oil reservoir cap and bleeding valve and clamps will be available as single parts. Here are the how-to videos: RACE PRO Support - MAGURA Bicycle Brakes & Spare Parts But we don´t offer pistons or seals for the caliper. This has a simple reason: These are VERY tricky to install and without special machines (which we use in our production line) it is very easy to damage the sealings / quad rings during assembly. You know we do have a mono-block caliper, which means you...
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Simcik Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/23/2026 7:56pm
Sharpie demand is about to pop off
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mntnmrtn Added a reply to Magura's New Race Pro Brakes - Get Your Questions Answered! - Forum Hot Seat
9/23/2026 7:54pm @MAGURA I love the MT5s on my bike, but my MT7s on the other bike had been hard to get rub-free. The new Magura rotors I have bought were impossible to true to make them rub-free (trust me, I have tried and never had that badly warped rotors), so I resolved by getting 2.3mm rotors and it's been much better...
MAGURA Liked a reply to forum topic Magura's New Race Pro Brakes - Get Your Questions Answered! - Forum Hot Seat
9/23/2026 7:49pm
You can keep on asking, I'm still a bit here. 😉 I'm Ingo, CEO of MAGURA, and jumping in here for a few more hours as my colleagues have their off time. Happy to answer your question... love this "Hot Seat" format here... 🤩
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MAGURA Liked a reply to forum topic Magura's New Race Pro Brakes - Get Your Questions Answered! - Forum Hot Seat
9/23/2026 7:48pm
Thanks for your questions, bottoms-up-brian! The MT7 and the RACE are both in our "Heavy Duty" class, meaning the total weight can go up to 225 kg. But the caliper of the RACE is a completely new construction, way stiffer (even stiffer than GUSTAV!) but we machined every gram of Aluminum away, so the caliper weighs the same as the MT7. But, yes, you're right.. the disadvantage of an Aluminum master is the heavier weight 😉 With our Carbotecture material we can build even lighter and more compact. That's why BMW is using our Carbotecture material for their motorcycle masters...
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MAGURA Liked a reply to forum topic Magura's New Race Pro Brakes - Get Your Questions Answered! - Forum Hot Seat
9/23/2026 7:48pm
Hey... still one there, even if it's late... 😄 Hi, I'm Ingo, the CEO... welcome folks! Happy to answer your questions... 😉 Regarding your question about servicable caliper pistons: We only offer the piston of the lever as spare part, but not the pistons of the caliper. This has a simple reason: These are VERY tricky to install and without special machines (which we use in our production line) it is very easy to damage the sealings / quad rings during assembly. You know we do have a mono-block caliper, which means you have to install the quad rings and...
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AndehM Liked a reply to forum topic Magura's New Race Pro Brakes - Get Your Questions Answered! - Forum Hot Seat
9/23/2026 7:47pm
What's the little grub screw on the caliper? A secondary bleed port? It looks like the main caliper bleed port is up by the banjo. Also, FWIW, the reason why I use 2.3mm thick rotors on my brakes is because they have a tendency to stay straighter longer, not because of overheating 2.0mm. With 2.3s, I only have to retrue rotors in heavy use like once a month, whereas on 2.0 rotors it was like once a week. And the adjustments I'm making to 2.3s are much smaller, just the slightest pressure in 1 or 2 spots with a truing...
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MAGURA Liked a reply to forum topic Magura's New Race Pro Brakes - Get Your Questions Answered! - Forum Hot Seat
9/23/2026 7:46pm
Yes, the circumferential channel makes it much easier to catch every air bubble. From our perspective, the Hayes approach is also more and more uncommon. We and our partners are very happy with our current solution. But we’re talking a lot about bleeding the caliper here, even though with our brakes, that often isn’t necessary at all. One advantage of MAGURA when bleeding: We explicitly recommend starting with our Fast Bleeding procedure, using just one syringe at the brake master. In practice, we often find that trapped air bubbles are located in the upper part of the brake system. With...
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MAGURA Liked a reply to forum topic Magura's New Race Pro Brakes - Get Your Questions Answered! - Forum Hot Seat
9/23/2026 7:43pm
We deliberately use 12 and 19 mm pistons to reduce the pressure level within the brake system. Lower system pressure puts less strain on the system, especially the seals, and also improves the bite point because the hose expands less under pressure. This is also one of the reasons why we don’t use braided steel hoses. With the lower pressure levels of our system — roughly 20–60 bar during most braking applications — the additional benefit of a braided hose is comparatively small. With systems such as Brembo, on the other hand, there is a much stronger case for using...
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schwalbai Liked a reply to forum topic Tire chat (nerds only)
9/21/2026 11:23am
The Race Pro line will come out next year. For the most part this would be tires with the previous 'Super Race' Turn-Up casing. A 29x2.4 Nobby Nic Trail Pro ( 11654142.02) weighs 1000g. Not a Radial though. They 29x2.4 Romy Trail Pro Radial (1040g) is quick despite what you might think of the weight number, and it is great for trail riding.
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GO-RIDE Liked a comment about Feature Sea Otter Europe 2026 - Day 1
9/19/2026 7:27pm
Thanks for the coverage. Nice to see some of the cool bikes that don't make it to the US.
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mntnmrtn Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/15/2026 9:47pm New Magura brakes dropping tomorrow from what they say. Seems like a MT7 replacement from their ad, but I guess we'll know pretty soon!
Ride886 Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/15/2026 9:44pm
It’s Taichung Bike Week. Primarily it's an OEM and B2B event, but occasionally some new stuff can be found out in the open. Speaking of DVO:
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theweaz Liked a reply to forum topic Tire chat (nerds only)
9/14/2026 9:19pm
I have around 500 miles on a set of the spec radials on a full powered ebike. I like them more the shredda/ albert combo I was running before. I think the T9 compound is the only thing available thats comparable to maxgrip, schwable ultra soft and conti super soft feel less sticky on smooth rocks and roots. Im more of a 2-2-2 tire tread person so the butcher fits my front tire preferences more than anything that was available in the schwable radials until they released the tacky chan. I can’t say if the radial part of the specialized...
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Poleczechy Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/10/2026 6:21am
Commencal quietly dropped the Tempo "V2" with the only revision being they got rid of the headset cable routing. (praise be!)
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Tburkhardt_ Liked a bike check Homemade Steel Downhill Bike V2
9/7/2026 6:41pm
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Dave_Camp Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/3/2026 9:21pm
Parallel cam-over spring so it adds chain tension in the small cogs and subtracts it in the large cogs. Edit: pulled the pics- don't want to make trouble.
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Dave_Camp Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
9/3/2026 9:19pm
It was promising- less chainslap in general but on very large impacts chainslap was worse as you'd pull the derailleur into the weaker spring zone. Shifting was actually improved- less tension on the chain going into big cogs. Think the best would be a massive torsion spring to add tension everywhere and then use the cam over spring to mostly subtract tension going into the large cogs. I believe that is the limiter on cage tension. Once you have too much- the derailleur doesn't like shifting into the big easy cogs. I filed paperwork to patent, begged, pleaded, told everyone...
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