Magura's MT8 - Sea Otter 2011
Magura's MT8 brake is a ground-up redesign including a new rotor, flip-flop lever perches, banjo hose terminals, a double-arch caliper, and a top-loading pad system. Per wheel, the MT8 weighs 278 grams with 6-inch rotors, and costs $399. Pinkbike is presently testing the MT8, and so far, it looks like a winner. Here's the video:
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Check out this Pinkbike article for more on the MT8 brake, and browse the complete line of Magura disc brakes and suspension components.
Is a full-carbon brake lever over the top? Is Magura pushing the disc brake envelope? You be the judge.
The MT8 brake lever and master cylinder assemblies come out of the mold ready to use.
Magura's one-piece aluminum double-arch caliper provides stiffness, and allows for top-loading brake pads.
Check out this Pinkbike article for more on the MT8 brake, and browse the complete line of Magura disc brakes and suspension components.
Is a full-carbon brake lever over the top? Is Magura pushing the disc brake envelope? You be the judge.
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I'm pretty shure they will get cheaper over time.
Also 400$ ist the price for the superlight highend MT8.
The MT2, which also incorporates a lot of this new technology, is much cheaper.
The purpose of injection molding and mold making is so that when the finished part is spit out of the machine, its done. Complete and not requiring any more machining processes. Its just plain manufacturing.
I'm machinist who has worked in a mold shop. This process being a "greener" process is also crap. If you've ever been around an injection molder you would know that theres nothing "green" about it. Once the machine & shot is set right, they can make a lot of parts labour free. And the crap about that lever layup..... what do you think any other company has been doing since carbon parts have been made.
Secondly, they had a recall on them so I sent them back for fixing. When they came back, the brake lever distance went straight to the handlebars. Bled them using the Magura service kit and noticed nothing but oil leaking out of the master cylinders on both front and rear (a lot of people reported leaking master cylinders too).
Contacted Magura and long story short, they're not covering it because "it seems like DOT fluid has been used which would cause the leaking" and only offered a replacement master cylinder at a discounted price. Sorry Magura, not going to spend more money on top of the $700+ I already spent on the brakes.
Love the look and weight of these brakes but the quality lacks. Magura does have good customer service but not good enough when it comes to a faulty item.
Got myself some Shimano XTR's and never looked back.
"Magura extends its lead in disc brake technology"
So is RC actually stating that Magura has a lead in disc brake technology based on his experience with their products and the products of their competitors, or did that come from their press material? If PB is a Journalistic enterprise, and RC creates editorial content, it is certainly his prerogative to state that Magura is leading the industry in "brake technology", whatever that is. However, if he's simply reporting on a new product, this smacks of pasting from the press release.
What is Magura doing here to extend their "lead"? What does it even mean to lead? They lead in adopting new materials to brake applications? They lead in spending on mold tooling? Mushy lever feel? They lead in hyperbole?
PB should endeavor to separate their editorial content from regurgitating press release content. If they made that one small change, it would be hard to complain.