I’ve been running the cura 4’s for the past 3 season and love them, fantastic brakes. Truly the first brake I felt in tune with and that never had me wanting more power. I’ve had a handful of rides on my new Hope tech4 v4s now and I’m very happy with them. They are slightly less linear in how they deliver power (the cura’s just ramp up in such an intuitive way from initial bite to full lock up), but they take noticeably less finger force to access the same level of power which is really impressive. Build quality is also top notch, they look and feel very very high quality. The other observation is Hope smooth/freely the calliper pistons move, it’s wild! After these few rides it makes sense why so many reviewers and riders are claiming the Hopes as the new best brakes (leaving intend/trickstuff out of the conversation of course).
May 16, 2023, 9:42 a.m. - Kapolczer
I’ve been running the cura 4’s for the past 3 season and love them, fantastic brakes. Truly the first brake I felt in tune with and that never had me wanting more power. I’ve had a handful of rides on my new Hope tech4 v4s now and I’m very happy with them. They are slightly less linear in how they deliver power (the cura’s just ramp up in such an intuitive way from initial bite to full lock up), but they take noticeably less finger force to access the same level of power which is really impressive. Build quality is also top notch, they look and feel very very high quality. The other observation is Hope smooth/freely the calliper pistons move, it’s wild! After these few rides it makes sense why so many reviewers and riders are claiming the Hopes as the new best brakes (leaving intend/trickstuff out of the conversation of course).