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I contacted Hayes about what fittings they use on their bleed kit to see if I could track some down.

They offered to send me some spare fittings in the mail. 

A++ customer service so far.

Thanks. That’s the way I have done things in the past as well.

I remember Hayes made a cable actuated hydraulic brake. They were one of the OGs

Andrew, do you rough up new rotors or do you only do this for new pads?

Thanks, I’ll order a new kit

Thanks for posting your thoughts on the A2s. My wife has guides that are due for replacement, the A2 seem like the perfect fit.

Will do. Can I use my old sram/avid bleed kit? Not sure if I need to get new fittings for my syringes. The ones in your pictures are much longer than mine.

Chain reaction had a smoking deal on these last week. $170 CAD each end and a $50 off code on clearance items. If your in the states, 203mm d series rotors are $10 USD. My order total shipped was $384 CAD. 

Haven’t ridden Hayes since their mag brakes. Looking forward to testing them out this summer. Go away snow…

Do the new reservoir bodies have enough room for clamps? I currently run my dropper and shift clamps inside my brakes, would this work? 

I just picked up a pair of dominions for this season (replacing previous code rsc model). I am surprised they didn’t update more on the codes. They are good brakes, but I don’t think they are at the top of the pack anymore with what hope, magura, trp and Hayes are doing.

Setting up a fat bike tube, was by far the most frustrating tubeless experience I’ve ever had. It was on factory taped rims for a 2021 blizzard.

I ended using using a “fatty stripper”, include tubeless in your google search, latex rim strip which made the process painless. Just don’t decide to change tires.

Thanks for posting your initial impressions. 

I’m still undecided. It sounds like the raven double would be better on the bars and use my cateye 800 on my helmet. But that has me wondering if I should just spend more for the outbound. Outbound doesn’t really give lumen info so tough to compare. 

I like the versatility of the double raven, and price. Just wondering what the performance difference is. I would be using it for shoulder season night riding and as well as fat biking in the winter.

Very close to pulling the trigger on an outbound hangover but the double raven has me second guessing this. Cool mounting options, with the full face straps, handlebar mounts, though they start to add up etc. I already have a 800 lumen light. I’m thinking I could put that on the bars and run the raven on my helmet.

Thanks for the comparison :)

Posted by: Kenny

I think it will just be the swing of the pendulum. 

I went from 2017 Bronson to Ripmo AF - to go 29er and newer geo. 

Would love to hear a comparison between the ripmo and rascal. One pedal better than the other? Rascal a lot less flex? One better on the downs? Or are they more similar than different?

Just bought a Mezzer Pro (29/44) from CRC for $760 CAD + $56 in tax/fees. No idea what version will show up. Price seemed too good to pass up…

I have a ixs trigger, and use it for all my riding, but I don’t ride park.  They weigh less than 600g, which is crazy light. Id use a full DH FF for the park, the trigger isn’t substantial enough

What a great article. Thanks for sharing!

I’ve been running a vittoria agarro out back for a couple seasons. It’s fast, kinda of like a beefed up rekon. I like it but it will slip on wet roots like anything with a tighter tread pattern.

Posted by: Znarf

Hi,

that would be my reasoning as well. I bought two sets of Trickstuff Direttissimas. They were expensive, but they are the first brakes which have zero compromise performance, durability and you can get any single smallpart and the company vows to have spareparts for the next fifteen years. (true for their Cleg brakes which I have lusted over since around 2004).

Will this still hold true now that DT Swiss has acquired trickstuff?