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About MTBHydraulicBrakes.com

A Specialized Rockhopper with disc brakes.

This site was started by a frustrated mountain biker in early 2010. Considering upgrading the v-brakes on his Specialized Rockhopper to disc brakes, he began to trawl the internet searching for more information and some advice as to what he should be looking for. He was surprised to find that there was very little information available, and what information there was seemed to be biased towards one manufacturer or another. He soon decided that something would have to change, and he began researching into building a website that would be benefit anybody in the exact same position in the future. This is how MTBHydraulicBrakes.co.uk was born.

Avid Juicy 5 disc and caliper. These are a popular, good value, all-round disc brake. Clicking the link will take you to Evans Cycles.The site was originally designed as a simple buying guide, comparing the disc brakes available on the market, and collating reviews from various external sites. Soon after, the addition of workshop guides to fitting, servicing and repairing disc brakes, and industry news turned MTBHydraulicBrakes.co.uk into a valuable and comprehensive resource for all mountain bikers, and for others working in the industry.

Many hours went into researching the topic. Visits to mountain bike shops, calls to the manufacturers, trips to the library and many hours buried in the pages of the various mountain bike magazines were the key to collating everything you read here. A lot of time and effort has been put in to this, in order to provide the ultimate resource. Please take a moment to have a look at the 'special thanks' section below.

In addition, we have always endeavored to keep the site as relevent, accurate and up-to-date as possible, one way we have achieved this is by listening to our readers. If you have any comments or suggestion, or indeed if you have any questions for which the answers are not covered on the site, then please use our comment form. We try to reply to every single message, although at busy times there may be a delay, so bear with us.

Special Thanks

Special thanks go to all of the following organizations, with whom this would never have been possible. Thanks to these guys, we have the most comprehensive guide to mountain bike disc brakes on the internet:

Manufacturers

  • SRAM - well known manufacturers of mountain bike components, including Avid disc brakes. These guys were very helpful and forthcoming with information.

  • Magura - again, very well known manufacturer. They were very helpful indeed and were happy to supply images for the site.

Bike Shops

  • Bike Scene - my local bike shop and the place where that oringal Rockhopper was bought from.

  • Evans Cycles - the guys in their workshop endured a great number of phone calls from us, but they never complained once. Again, very helpful.

Magazines

All of the following were a gold mine of information, so big thanks to each of them:

Further Information

How the Site is Funded.

The unavoidable truth is that all of this research, hosting a website and an unbelievable amount of other small niggly items, cost money. We know that money doesn't grow on trees, so we had to think of a way of funding the site, and this is how we did it.

Approximately 50% of the links on this website that link to external sites are what are known as affiliate links. This means that MTBHydraulicBrakes.co.uk is affiliated with some of the organizations that we link to. If somebody clicks on one of these links and then goes on to buy a product from them, we are paid a small percentage of the value of the sale in return for referring a customer.

This in no way affects our recommendations on this site, we aim to be 100% unbiassed. If the best product out there is available for the cheapest from a site that we are not affiliated with, we will still recommend them. Only if, and when, the best product is from a site that we are affiliated with, will we benefit.

Also, this does not affect you, the user. If you should choose to buy a product from a site that we are affiliated with, the process will be no different to visiting the shop directly, and the price you pay will be exactly the same.

Donations

Of course, if you feel you have benefitted from the site and would like to show your support, we accept donations via PayPal. Every little helps and any donations you make are greatly appreciated and go towards the upkeep and running of this site.