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NICKed
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 Posted: Sat 16th Aug 2:00am Post subject: What Are The New Shimano M485 Brakes Like? |
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I've ridden Deore M525's and they were good brakes. The caliper on the new 485's looks like the old 525, and it's a different lever.
What are they new M485's, and more importantly, how well do they work?
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kcids-naughty-account
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| Posted: Sat 16th Aug 9:43am Post subject: |
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i owned some, thought they were quite good in terms of feel/progressivness etc for the amount of money. rotors are kinda tihs though. and a smidgen less powerful than an upmarket brake as youd expect.
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Mr_Bob
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| Posted: Sat 16th Aug 6:41pm Post subject: |
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they had a few issues with the Oem spec ones on bikes, these issues have supposedly been sorted
The Deore's have larger pads, and better rotors than the 485's
not a bad brake, but there are better brakes out there.
I'd buy the Deores over the 485's
My 2c
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HuntawayFR
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| Posted: Sat 16th Aug 8:32pm Post subject: |
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I've got them on my STP set up for trail riding, pretty reliable for the price, had them for over a year with no probs, not even a bleed
there good for what I do with them, but I definitely wouldn't run them on a DH bike
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pushbikerider
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| Posted: Sat 16th Aug 8:39pm Post subject: RE: What Are The New Shimano M485 Brakes Like? |
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| NICKed wrote: | I've ridden Deore M525's and they were good brakes. The caliper on the new 485's looks like the old 525, and it's a different lever.
What are they new M485's, and more importantly, how well do they work? |
very similar to the old 525 caliper, new lever with a differnt lever deisgn, so that its more adjustable for hand size
seem to work like the old 525, uses the same pad, big issue with them is that there is less aftermarket pads for them, and the stock rotors blow
I would be very carful buying s/hand, as a there was a large batch of OE 485's that have had leaking calipers
Personally I'd buy M535 deores
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toplip
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| Posted: Sun 17th Aug 12:27am Post subject: |
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I run a pair with some Hayes rotors and they perform okay for a hundy dollar brake. Only problem I have is the rear squeals like a pig on really hard braking.
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Mr_Bob
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| Posted: Sun 17th Aug 8:05am Post subject: |
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| toplip wrote: | | I run a pair with some Hayes rotors and they perform okay for a hundy dollar brake. Only problem I have is the rear squeals like a pig on really hard braking. |
A pair of Vesrah pads will solve that 
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Spokes
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| Posted: Sun 17th Aug 8:07am Post subject: |
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| toplip wrote: | | I run a pair with some Hayes rotors and they perform okay for a hundy dollar brake. Only problem I have is the rear squeals like a pig on really hard braking. |
Sounds like they may be leaking. Take a look at your pads.....
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danose
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| Posted: Sun 17th Aug 10:33am Post subject: RE: Re: What Are The New Shimano M485 Brakes Like? |
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| pushbikerider wrote: | | Personally I'd buy M535 deores |
yep - for a trivially small amount of $$more you get bigger pads (last longer) and much larger pad choice (versrah or shimano sintered pads are both worthy upgrades over the stock resin pads)
only prob is the supplied rotors are still rubbish
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radical_edward
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| Posted: Sun 17th Aug 11:06am Post subject: |
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It is nice having the same model pads on my XT equipped mountain bike, the girlfriends bike and the commuters. A 4 pair for the price of 3 deal at CRC and I am set for spares for a long time.
I won't try to compare modulation and stopping power, because I can't honestly say that I have run 535s 525s and XT at the same time and in the same state of pad wear. I will say that you won't regret the extra coin on the 535s.
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toplip
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| Posted: Sun 17th Aug 5:23pm Post subject: |
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| Spokes wrote: |
Sounds like they may be leaking. Take a look at your pads..... |
Yeah I checked them for leaks but they are sweet. They squeal worst when they are wet so I'm thinking its the parcpy organic pads. Will look at upgrading to some vesrahs asap!
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NICKed
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| Posted: Mon 18th Aug 9:25pm Post subject: |
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thanks 
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