THE ULTRA NEAT design of Avid’s four-pot brake family means the extra pair of cylinders and longer pads only add a handful of grams over conventional X0, yet the increase in sketchy conditions control and reduction in arm pump on long techy descents is dramatic.
Avid’s unique lever geometry and cartridge-bearing pivot gives
supersubtle feedback and modulation, and the bite point adjust works OK too.
You never feel short of control even if ultimate power is average.
Bleeding requires patience but setup is easy. Shifter/fork/post remote
syncing is seamless, and separate brake packaging (280S) lets you dodge the 86$
bracket and rotor cost. It’s not massively powerful, but it’s a fantastically
controlled, lightweight all-rounder anchor.
WEIGHT 406g
POWER 109Nm
PRICE: 366$
