Magura MT Trail Sport Disc Brake Install 

Thanks

I got mine on sale at the time, $220-ish (not including the adapters or rotors)🤷‍♂️

Nice! I hope you like them.

Flying Custard I haven’t. Just a tiny rub in one spot. I had terrible rubbing with my old Avid brakes that I couldn’t get rid of, which is actually why I upgraded to these.

@@beer_ranger Which Discs are you using?

Julian 1234 I’m using the Storm HC rotors. That’s what Magura recommends. They are pretty beefy. 180mm front / 160mm rear. I went up from the stock 160/140 setup

Their whole argument is that you don’t need the same stopping power in the back, which is why they go with the MT4 in the rear. If you don’t mind spending a bit more and adding a little weight, you definitely could go with the MT5 in the rear-I don’t know if you’ll notice performance gains, but I doubt you’ll have more issues with locking up the wheel. Both brakes modulate pretty well and I haven’t had any issues with either.

@@beer_ranger thanks!

They come fully bled. You can trim the lines to the needed length without needing any additional parts or brake fluid, although I’d suggest buying a brake line cutter (I used a box knife).

Julian 1234 the pads that come stock are the “Performance” organic pads. I’ve seen them referred to as resin and semi-metallic, but I don’t know the technical specs of the brake pad material.

@@beer_ranger ok, thanks

Some brake sets use the same size caliper on both wheels-either 4-piston for downhill and enduro applications, or 2-piston for cross-country bikes. The 4-piston / 2-piston mix is something that people started doing so that they could get a stronger caliper for the front, which provides most of your braking power. They save a little cost and weight by keeping a 2-piston caliper in the rear, which provides a lot less of the braking power when you apply your brakes. You could switch them, but then you lose the benefit of spending the extra money on the 4-piston caliper. I went with this system because I was trying to increase the stopping power of my brakes, even though the bike is still a cross-country build.

You could mount either caliper in either location on the bike.

Having two on the rear gives better modulation... that equals control.

Clean rotor with ISOPROPYL/rubbing alcohol to clean residues off.

Front is a QM40 Adaptor for a 180mm Rotor on 160mm Post Mounts; rear is a QM12 Adaptor for 160mm Rotor on Rear IS Mounts

@@beer_ranger thanks