I'm a Magura fanboy after the last year & a half riding Magura. They're just so nice to use, so much modulation & stopping power.. I came across them & did my res, after buying a 2nd hand 2014 Kona Entourage (My old bike) i needed to upgrade my brakes cos the original saints had been swapped out to some shitty single pots off the new bike of the guy i bought mine from. So when i was looking at brakes i wanted 4 pots obvs, & i was on a budget. I got my Magura pair for $300 delivered UK to NZ from Merlin UK. It was ridiculous.. Best value & probably my favourite component on my bike.. It literally improved my riding.. So i upgraded from my old 2nd hand bike to a newer 2nd hand bike, a YT Tues, it had SRAM Code & i rode them a few times before getting the brakes swapped over before i sold my older bike. The Codes were just terrible, the lever feel felt like mush, the brakes squealed & i felt often like i was going to fade my pads, even though the pads on the SRAMs were new, & recently bled.. Once i got back to Magura, on my YT Tues, it was so much better, i noticed that comfortable familiarity & modulation but also stopping power id gotten used to. But even better, i upgraded the pads on my rear Magura to 4 separate Galfer sintered pads & they were even better.. One thing id say too, that you didnt mention is you need to bed your pads in to the rotors. I've got shimano rotors on mine too & they still work great, but they need to be bedded in to get the full performance, even if you have the expensive 2 part Magura rotors. As for the levers, they were made out of carbotecture as opposed to metal, to keep the weight down so they didn't have to skimp on the callipers even though its a "budget" option. The MT5 calipers are very little different to the premium MT7 callipers in terms of performance & heat resistance. The biggest difference is the levers, but you can upgrade the lever blades on the MT5 to get a bit more adjustability as you say. I'm thinking of getting the ones designed by Loic Bruni, still single finger but straighter for wide fingers. But honestly there's almost no better value component for the price in my opinion. The MT5s are high performance quality for entry level price. You also get used to the plastic feel of the levers for the simple fact that the bite point is almost perfect & the modulation is amazing, while if you really need to stop you can quite easily. These factors totally make up for any plastic feel, as does the fact that mine have been through 3 decent crashes, the last one requiring physio thanks to knees on rocks, & both my brakes are still totally fine. Also props to shouting out @Racebikesnz, that's who i go to for my brake servicing too..
Cheapest Magura 4 pot is the MT30. When I talked to the Magura representative, MT5, MT30 are the same. The difference is the lever blade, stickers and color. Mt30 is more flexible so it does feel weaker than MT5 but that's a placebo effect, because they have the caliper and master cylinder but the lever blade on mt30 is made out of plastic and MT5 is alloy. mt30 0rice range from 79$ to 99$, MT5 is way more.
Nice review bro. I like how you speak to this stuff and you know it really well. Its all fucking Spanish to me but i salute the work of the "edit". Definitely adding value to those who covet this type of vid. Chur
I'm riding xc, and I'm a big guy like I ride xxl frame, and I weight 95kg, my stock shimano entry level brakes doesn't give me lots of coincidence on decents, looking for more stopping power. Thinking about these.
He meant cheapest offering among Magura's range, not that they are cheap. They do seem to be cheaper than Sram's and Shimano's cheapest 4-pot offerings, though. At least in the German shop where I usually buy parts.
I'm a Magura fanboy after the last year & a half riding Magura. They're just so nice to use, so much modulation & stopping power.. I came across them & did my res, after buying a 2nd hand 2014 Kona Entourage (My old bike) i needed to upgrade my brakes cos the original saints had been swapped out to some shitty single pots off the new bike of the guy i bought mine from. So when i was looking at brakes i wanted 4 pots obvs, & i was on a budget. I got my Magura pair for $300 delivered UK to NZ from Merlin UK. It was ridiculous.. Best value & probably my favourite component on my bike.. It literally improved my riding.. So i upgraded from my old 2nd hand bike to a newer 2nd hand bike, a YT Tues, it had SRAM Code & i rode them a few times before getting the brakes swapped over before i sold my older bike. The Codes were just terrible, the lever feel felt like mush, the brakes squealed & i felt often like i was going to fade my pads, even though the pads on the SRAMs were new, & recently bled..
Once i got back to Magura, on my YT Tues, it was so much better, i noticed that comfortable familiarity & modulation but also stopping power id gotten used to. But even better, i upgraded the pads on my rear Magura to 4 separate Galfer sintered pads & they were even better.. One thing id say too, that you didnt mention is you need to bed your pads in to the rotors. I've got shimano rotors on mine too & they still work great, but they need to be bedded in to get the full performance, even if you have the expensive 2 part Magura rotors. As for the levers, they were made out of carbotecture as opposed to metal, to keep the weight down so they didn't have to skimp on the callipers even though its a "budget" option. The MT5 calipers are very little different to the premium MT7 callipers in terms of performance & heat resistance. The biggest difference is the levers, but you can upgrade the lever blades on the MT5 to get a bit more adjustability as you say. I'm thinking of getting the ones designed by Loic Bruni, still single finger but straighter for wide fingers.
But honestly there's almost no better value component for the price in my opinion. The MT5s are high performance quality for entry level price. You also get used to the plastic feel of the levers for the simple fact that the bite point is almost perfect & the modulation is amazing, while if you really need to stop you can quite easily. These factors totally make up for any plastic feel, as does the fact that mine have been through 3 decent crashes, the last one requiring physio thanks to knees on rocks, & both my brakes are still totally fine. Also props to shouting out @Racebikesnz, that's who i go to for my brake servicing too..
ooh yeah the loic upgrade is smart ... will keep this in mind
Cheapest Magura 4 pot is the MT30. When I talked to the Magura representative, MT5, MT30 are the same. The difference is the lever blade, stickers and color. Mt30 is more flexible so it does feel weaker than MT5 but that's a placebo effect, because they have the caliper and master cylinder but the lever blade on mt30 is made out of plastic and MT5 is alloy. mt30 0rice range from 79$ to 99$, MT5 is way more.
You beat me to it. Lol
Nice review bro. I like how you speak to this stuff and you know it really well. Its all fucking Spanish to me but i salute the work of the "edit". Definitely adding value to those who covet this type of vid. Chur
haha noted sir.
I'm riding xc, and I'm a big guy like I ride xxl frame, and I weight 95kg, my stock shimano entry level brakes doesn't give me lots of coincidence on decents, looking for more stopping power. Thinking about these.
Galing ng structure ng video boss. 🔥🔥
salamt boss. comments like this. is like vp race fuel to the engine ..
I want that wicked jumper! Where can I get that?
Ooh thanks bro.. we made it on house .. not sure if it's worth selling lol
Mas goods ba to kesa sa Mt4 ? Dream ko magura na brakes
Bos pwede na hindi bleed kabit na lamg basta?
pwede boss, basta contented ka sa sobrang haba na hose haha
t is for turkey 😀
There's nothing cheap about magura, what are you a millionaire??
He meant cheapest offering among Magura's range, not that they are cheap. They do seem to be cheaper than Sram's and Shimano's cheapest 4-pot offerings, though. At least in the German shop where I usually buy parts.