LONG TERMERS
PB’S HAIBIKE ALLMTN 6
£5,399 / 29/27.5in / haibike.com
MONTH 8: PB’s ‘new’ brake mod turns out to be an old-school pairing, but it still works a treat... unlike Haibike’s in-house hoops
I made a mistake last month. I said the ‘Shigura’ modification I watched online combined a Magura brake lever with a Shimano caliper, but it’s actually the other way round, so I wasn’t actually breaking new ground.
Still, I wanted to do this mash-up brake combination to the AllMtn 6 because I broke the carbon Magura MT5 lever and happened to have a Shimano SLX unit sitting around which would allow me to get the bike back on the road pretty quickly. I also wanted to see if this mod would suggest a fix for the inconsistency you can experience with Shimano brakes – where the bite-point has a tendency to change. My thought was, if the SLX lever doesn’t do it with the Magura caliper, then the lever ain’t the problem.
The reason you can combine the two brake systems is because both brands use mineral oil and similar-size fittings, so all I had to do was amputate the damaged Magura part, fit a new olive and barb, do a quick bleed and I was good to go. I’m late to the party with the Shigura
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