Hope Tech 4 V4 with Vented Rotors VS Mavens

Posted by: heathen

Posted by: Mic

I challenged my kid for this academic school year: report card at the end of the year (over here mid July 2025) needs to show two As, and four Bs, and no grade worse than C ....and he gets a set of Hope V4 brakes in the color of his choice, without the rotors. At the moment he is all fired up and excited.

That is awesome. I hope your kid gets the brakes.

Thanks, man....I do so as well. Bummer that we did not write the whole thing down and signed it. He thinks that it was never about grades worse than C...I can not really remember. Which might be good for him, tho.

Posted by: Hepcat

Did you see this? Hope V4 stomped even Truckstuff in the lab.

https://enduro-mtb.com/en/best-mtb-disc-brake-can-buy/#toc_7

Edit: Also stomped Trickstuff, probably not as impressive.

That is a great write up. Thanks for sharing. I must read it now. LoL

In the hopes of keeping things simple and easy parts availably I went with Maven Silver Brakes. See how it goes.

Sram parts availability (besides regular wear items) has been a PITA in the past. Is this not an issue anymore?

Edit: It looks like most online retailers carry a bunch of Maven parts, including seal/piston kits, caliper bodies, caliper bolts, Mast cylinder seal kits, lever kits, etc which is nice to see.

So the choice is between two very expensive brakes, one that’s demonstrated in a very limited amount of time to be fussy and unreliable and is made by a company notorious for unreliable brakes, while the other is proven over a period of years to be reliable, well built and serviceable.

Do I have this right?

I feel like I’m on crazy pills whenever people talk about going SRAM for good brakes.

Posted by: tashi

So the choice is between two very expensive brakes, one that’s demonstrated in a very limited amount of time to be fussy and unreliable and is made by a company notorious for unreliable brakes, while the other is proven over a period of years to be reliable, well built and serviceable.

Do I have this right?

I feel like I’m on crazy pills whenever people talk about going SRAM for good brakes.

You are correct. I found a brand new take off pair for a great price and I just went for it. I have had great luck with SRAM brakes, these Mavins are actually the first brakes to give me troubles. They HAD the common wondering bite point issue. But after a good bleed and a few very rough piston message's they are feeling great.

early xmas for me today:

https://www.intend-bc.com/shop/trinity-ti/

You think of a set of brakes for 1k, I can not bring myself to time spending roughly 500,- Euros on Hope V4s. Well....

Posted by: Mic

You think of a set of brakes for 1k, I can not bring myself to time spending roughly 500,- Euros on Hope V4s. Well....

i can keep most of my 13th salary because no tax robbery unlike in germany