fooferdoggie
Well-Known Member
the brakes on my bulls are the Magura 2 piston https://www.magura.com/en/components/bike/disc-brakes/productdetailpage/?p=49048.
with 180mm rotors. Now I have never had any complaints about stopping power. the brakes are plenty powerful. but after changing the brakes on our tandem to Shimano deore 4 portion brakes with 1 finger levers the effort to brake is so much less. the power is a little more but its just the ease of braking. I can easily brake on a 20% grade with the almost 400 pound tandem Wirth one finger on each lever. takes less effort to actually squeeze the lever. I thought about going to magura 4 piston but I thin kit would still be the same effort. its just the way they work it takes more effort to just move then till they engage. I don't need more stopping power just less effort with one finger. I like to ride with one finger on the levers when commuting with gloves on. I put on the 1 finger magura levers and they work better but not the same. the thing is it would be a hassle to get a new line run. my e bike shop thinks they may be able to just change the hose ends to fit. that would save some money. I bought the margua 4 piston mt7 pro they both looked like they both had the same connections the banjo ends but mine just have straight in hose connections so maybe a little older style.
with 180mm rotors. Now I have never had any complaints about stopping power. the brakes are plenty powerful. but after changing the brakes on our tandem to Shimano deore 4 portion brakes with 1 finger levers the effort to brake is so much less. the power is a little more but its just the ease of braking. I can easily brake on a 20% grade with the almost 400 pound tandem Wirth one finger on each lever. takes less effort to actually squeeze the lever. I thought about going to magura 4 piston but I thin kit would still be the same effort. its just the way they work it takes more effort to just move then till they engage. I don't need more stopping power just less effort with one finger. I like to ride with one finger on the levers when commuting with gloves on. I put on the 1 finger magura levers and they work better but not the same. the thing is it would be a hassle to get a new line run. my e bike shop thinks they may be able to just change the hose ends to fit. that would save some money. I bought the margua 4 piston mt7 pro they both looked like they both had the same connections the banjo ends but mine just have straight in hose connections so maybe a little older style.
