Magura brakes

[bmwmike]

Hi

Bought a Cube bike recently and it has "Magura MT Thirty" brakes fitted. I was told by the shop they are really powerful, which they are - no complaints tbh, apart from the flimsy plastic levers. Anyhow, I tried finding information about these on the Magura website and there is no info at all.

Tried asking the shop I bought it from, and they have no idea. Emailed Magura a week ago and no reply either. Guess I could try Cube but thought i'd try here first.

I think perhaps are rebranded for OEM/Cube so perhaps are MT2, MT3 - anyone know? They are four piston at front, twin at rear. Reason i ask is some of the Magura range have upgradeable levers etc and others don't. Plus would be useful to know about bleeding etc.

Thanks
Mike

[Piginapoke]

Good luck with Cube customer service!

[bmwmike]

Cube? Ok won't bother. Magura doesn't seem much better haha.

I just took a pad out and they are type 9p which are apparently mt5 or mt7.

[W00DY]

It'll be some mix of parts with an MT5 front caliper and a 2 pot rear, but the levers could be from any in the range so it's more important to find out which those are. I ditched mine to run Shimano levers and they work brilliantly.

[bmwmike]

W00DY said:

It'll be some mix of parts with an MT5 front caliper and a 2 pot rear, but the levers could be from any in the range so it's more important to find out which those are. I ditched mine to run Shimano levers and they work brilliantly.

Good point. You've got/had MT Thirty as well?

Did you mean you changed the levers and kept the body of the lever or changed the whole thing that sits on the handlebar? Cheers

[vwsurfbum]

I run the MT5's, this set up sounds like the trail kit sold, MT5 front MT4 rear. Good combo.

[W00DY]

bmwmike said:

W00DY said:

It'll be some mix of parts with an MT5 front caliper and a 2 pot rear, but the levers could be from any in the range so it's more important to find out which those are. I ditched mine to run Shimano levers and they work brilliantly.

Good point. You've got/had MT Thirty as well?

Did you mean you changed the levers and kept the body of the lever or changed the whole thing that sits on the handlebar? Cheers

No, I've got MT5 calipers front and rear. I replaced the entire levers with Shimano ones using original Magura hoses

[vwsurfbum]

W00DY said:

No, I've got MT5 calipers front and rear. I replaced the entire levers with Shimano ones using original Magura hoses

Interesting, how do they feel? are they modulated like the Maguras or are they still wooden like the Shimano's?

[W00DY]

vwsurfbum said:

Interesting, how do they feel? are they modulated like the Maguras or are they still wooden like the Shimano's?

Brilliant. I'm running XTR Race levers as I'm not a big fan of Shimano's servo-wave (although that is perhaps me being a bit too fussy, but plenty of people out there running the other Shimano levers. Modulation is as great and the levers have a better shape, feel more solid and are less prone to damage.