Equipped with six 4-piston brakes, a bag of stick-on cable guides, and some BrakeAce sensors, we headed to Whistler to see what we could derive about braking performance by combining on-trail impressions with cold hard data.
Brakes tested: SRAM Code Ultimate, SRAM Maven Ultimate, Shimano XTR M9120, Shimano MT420, Hayes Dominion T4, Magura MT7 HC3.
Video Contents
00:00 - Intro
01:31 - Test setup
01:53 - Test methodology and data collection
02:46 - Scoring/rating/key performance indicators
05:26 - What do you like in a brake?
07:05 - Day 1: SRAM Maven & SRAM Code Ultimate
17:40 - SRAM Maven brake event graph
19:46 - SRAMCode brake event graph
21:52 - Day 2: Shiman0 XTR & MT420
37:32 - XTR brake event graph
39:22 - MT420 brake event graph
40:46 - Day 3: Magura MT7 & Hayes Dominion T4
55:04 - Magura MT7 brake event graph
59:07 - Hayes Dominion brake event graph
1:00:12 - Wrap-up
Reviews of each brake test, plus a deep dive into our braking data - https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/6-mountain-bike-brakes-tested-data-vital-test-sessions
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