The best MTB disc brake you can buy 2016

Shimano Deore

Looking at the price of the Shimano Deore brakes, it’s easy to think that you will have to make some big compromises in performance. Hell no! The Deores offer incredible value and hold their own against their far more expensive competition on the trail. In the lab, they were solid performers, consistently putting down good power and great deceleration times. We were impressed on the trail too: power was easy to modulate with a consistent bite point, and the short lever still feels full of feedback, even after months of use.

There is evidence of cost cutting: there is no tool-free reach adjustment, for example (but a 2.5 mm allen key adjuster is easy to access), and the fixed hose exit on the rear caliper can be a bit awkward on some bikes, but that’s about it! The lever shares a lot of similarities to the higher-end XT and XTR, albeit using less expensive materials, and Shimano’s excellent servo wave technology means that power is optimised at the point of contact for great modulation. For the money, the Shimano Deores are outstanding value, standing smugly like David in this group of Goliaths.

+ Outstanding Value
+ Top class performance
– Heavy
– Fixed hose on rear caliper

Average Power [Nm]: 80,0
Weight: 284 g
Price: keine Angabe vom Hersteller
More info: shimano-eu.com