Didzy2009
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sorry for the blatant plug, id prefer to sell to somebody off here first choice if interested! heres the link to the ebay auction, again sorry to do this, but thought someone may be interested for a cheap pair of decent brakes, as no doubt will go for crap money like most things i sell on ebay 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Avid-Elixir-R-Brak...93%3A1|294%3A50
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veralynn
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Reged: 22/12/2008
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What you getting to replace.
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Sir_Queuesalot
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Didzy's got nice shiny Hope X2's!!
Upgraded to 183mm floating rotors with braided hose no less!
Fitted up a treat they did too!
Another satisfied customer 
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MTBLeague
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They will make some one a nice set of brakes.
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Didzy2009
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they certainly will! im sure they will go for stupidly silly (crap) money, but still......
as sir q said above the x2's are now sitting pretty on the bike  lovvveeeely stuff!
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flannigan85
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hi didzy im from stoke and just got into ridin, ive got v brakes but would like upgrade to discs, how much were you thinkin for a buy it now price?? would look n probs be such a better ride thanks dan
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Ben_Saville
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What are floating rotors?
I've always wondered but never asked...
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Didzy2009
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they float about a foot above your bike, like a couple of angels watching over you as you ride 
sorry
i think its something to do with them being 2 seperate pieces of material per rotor with the centre part of the rotor not being screwed into the outer of the rotor.....something along those lines anyways i think though im probably totally wrong
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Ben_Saville
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I liked the sound of the angels better...
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Sir_Queuesalot
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Didzy's about right there.
The heat build up in the braking surface is distanced from the fixing points by being separated. The resulting rotor is called floating because the expansion is allowed to occur without affecting the bolt holes as well as the way the rotor is allowed to ride up very slightly on the rivets.
This reduces the risk of warping and loers the weight as the carrier can now be made of aluminium rather than heavier steel all the way through.
They also look the doggies!
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Didzy2009
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i can vouch for that, they look well mean!! give them a proper good testing tonight, now that i have hopefully bedded them in properly!
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veralynn
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Reged: 22/12/2008
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Ive been told today(as per my post about juddering brakes) that the outer can come loose from the inner and this may be causing my juddering under braking.
But yes they do look the tits.
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kernowdale
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Reged: 13/03/2009
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Dam Dam dam out bid by £2 . If I hadn't have been out whooping down the hill like kid with a new toy on a demmo stumpy I would have been here to win those Dam dam dam 
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Didzy2009
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i am gutted to be honest, 84 quid!!!!!
for a full set of 4 month old elixir r's that cost me 200quid!!!
and i even threw in the 3x sets of brake pads brand new!
next time i sell something like that on ebay, its going as a buy it now, some guy actually offered me £150 to end the auction early, but i never heard back from him.....
the guy was local to me and a really top guy so cant fault him, he got an absolute bargain though....
it had 56 watchers in total, and only 1 of those people was willing to pay 84quid....absolutly [****] ebay is at times...
never mind eh!?!?!?
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Sir_Queuesalot
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Told you to sell the pads separately!!
Right ho, back to the hills
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Typhoo, Prophet_1000, VT1_Doc, pgj79, Rob_Heath, Southboy, Tango, GeekTastic, mashley, Didzy2009, Gorehound, Greeneye, GingerNinja, SLB07
Smoke us some kippers, we'll be back for breakfast!!
My site www.ezerider.com
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Didzy2009
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haha i know i tried that, got no watchers and no bids with only 2 days to go........
ahhh well you live and learn technically my new brakes only cost me 120 quid to swap over as my good old mother gave me £50 towards them
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kernowdale
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Reged: 13/03/2009
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its crazy I know have had similar experiences . I would have paid £120 ish just wish i had remembered the finish time .
There was a set that went a day before yours that fetched top money .
I also had a bid retraction notice so for a while I was winning again ,
sorry is all I can say I should have put in a max bid the day before , at least you wouild have got the true value
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Didzy2009
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not to worry my good man, ebay is a risk in these current times, only 8 different people bid on them though, out of the 56 watching, mental really.......
nevermind, could have done with the extra cash, but its definitely the last time i sell via auction for something thats worth over 100quid in my eyes....
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kernowdale
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ebay's fees are way ott for smaller items by the time they take 10% plus the listing fee .
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