While wandering the Outdoor Demo we spotted an oasis of shade and beer at the Hayes tent, and while under that tent we also spotted a new big-power brake from the Hayes boy's. The Stroker Ace is a Four piston brake for those of you looking for even more power. The same riders interested in the Ace's may want to check out Sun-Ringle's ADD Lite wheelet, a tough and light set of wheels that can lighten up your overweight bike!
2 Full HD Video's inside!Denny Yunk brings us up to speed on the new Hayes Stroker Ace brake. Available in all rotor sizes, the Ace enters the field as a proper all-mountain and DH stopper.
Stroker Ace master cylinder and longer lever blade
Features -Four pistons -One piece mono-block caliper (no bolts) -Larger pad surface -Longer lever blade for more leverage -Tool free reach adjustment
Next up Denny shows us his personal favorite wheelset, the Sun ADD Lite. Compatible with nearly every axle size out there, the ADD Lite's will bolt on to nearly any bike. These hand built wheels look burly enough to send it, and yet are still reasonably light weight.
The new Hayes brakes are more powerful than the old ones. They're still worse per dollar than anything from avid or shimano, and everyone I've talked with who's riding the new stroker ace's, even with an 8" rotor, says they're underpowered and overpriced. Please don't waste your money on these brakes. Can you find a better value than Avid code 5's?
thats because the lousie are straight up higher quality brakes, I BELIEVE the pricing for the Aces was around 200 per wheel, where as the Louises are quite a bit more then that.
"soccerlover99 (30 mins ago) (Below Threshold) show comment is stroker any good?? i wanna buy a new bike and it comes with stroker trails... im a lil iffy about it the ace ones look sick tho.. im sure those are pretty kick ass"
don't let the brakes a bike comes with turn you away from the bike, you can always trade them in for different ones at the bike shop you buy it from
Those brakes are powerful, i have felt them, they gave me the same feeling that you touch them and they grab instantly, like codes. however i trust hayes a lot more then i trust avid. Im going to get lots of negative props for this but i think avid are a load of crap, they always leak and have problems. Nothing beats a pair of saints though, so long as they are working - i had to replace my pads and get them bled, after that they are all you will ever need.
They really need to come up with some sort of disc brake pad standard. I'm sick of having to stock 30+ different types of pads in my shop. Shimano alone has at least 14 different shapes. This is getting silly...
i had the trails on my old bike and ryde's on my new bike... the trails are amazing over the rydes and the rydes are still awsome! i can only imagine a 4 piston atroker!!! boo ya when its time for brakes i know were im trunin!!!
6 piston what!! who would bother on a dh bike my hayes nines are dual pistons and are powerful enough to make me go over the bars at 3kp/h. i would love to get a set of (another dam downhillers) add wheels tho. keep up the good work hayes
my friend hates his stroker rydes too haha the back one squeak;s like a bitch, the levers arent that comfortable and his cable in the front has a very slow leak but thats from a fall
i've got last years strokers on my FR HT and while yes they are nice brakes they aren't very durable and they get REALLY loud when the trails get wet.
also i find them to be a lot twitchier than some of the other brakes i've ridden.
Still prefer Hope brakes over anyting else, reliable, not to badly priced and there powerful to say the least, great lever feel, not spongty but solid feeling
I'm not super happy with my stroker trails, but meh. on another note, though, how nice are these vids from pinkbike now? nice HD and good production quality. actually nice to watch and learn about the product.
I have had hayes and they work they are either on or off im not impressed modulation sucks when the brakes get wet,and dusty they squeal they are not quiet and smooth like juiceys or codes with tonnes of modulation and better stopping power.
i hate my crappy old hayes soles!! i got them on my P2 and they SUCK!!! I think i might buy avid juicy 5's, bb7's, codes, or these brakes right here, the stroker aces. they look sick
wow you had hayes shittyest hydro! no doubt you thought they suck, one piston will suck on any brake. all you guys are only knocking hayes because of the shitty quallity control on the nines, i'm sure that they fixed that here. and if they don't then this company will die, within a year.
Nice brake, Hayes are looking good, still not sure about the levers but im sure them brakes have power just like my old hfx-mags did but i still think ill stick to my hope moto v2s.
So much disapointment in the hfx 9 line that I don't know if i'll ever go back to hayes again. Especially since i've been riding elixer r's for 2 months now.
my brakes work like shit When there noisy and make a wierd arse sound forr about an hour after you heated em GRRRRR HAYES NINES SUCK THE MASSIVE MEATSTICK
is stroker any good?? i wanna buy a new bike and it comes with stroker trails... im a lil iffy about it the ace ones look sick tho.. im sure those are pretty kick ass
is stroker any good??
i wanna buy a new bike and it comes with stroker trails... im a lil iffy about it
the ace ones look sick tho.. im sure those are pretty kick ass"
don't let the brakes a bike comes with turn you away from the bike, you can always trade them in for different ones at the bike shop you buy it from
i wanna buy a new bike and it comes with stroker trails... im a lil iffy about it
the ace ones look sick tho.. im sure those are pretty kick ass