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Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper review

We want to ensure that whether you’re spending £10K on a new lightweight race bike, £2 on a cycling water bottle or £89 on Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper, that you’re getting the very best you can get for your money. In today’s Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper review we’re going to look at why it scores 8.8/10 in our review and why we recommend it over many of the other 170 products in the Brake Spares category. We’ve started by giving you a top level score for each of the key areas when it comes to reviewing these products, these scores include a quality score, price score, review score and an overall score.






Quality

8.1

Price

9.3

Reviews

8.9

Overall

8.8

 

Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper reviews

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Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper Specification

Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper specs

Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper
Feature 1

Shimano XTR cutting edge braking technology, lightweight and powerful easily adaptable post-style hydraulic disc brake caliper

Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 2

Feature 2

Oversized 22mm glass fibre phenolic pistons optimized for heat insulation, lightweight and stiffness

Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 2

Feature 3

Opposed 2-piston design reduces leading effect and optimal pad wear increases braking control

Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 4

Feature 4

Super lightweight magnesium caliper design with Titanium hardware

Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 2

Feature 5

Can be used with a choice of adapters and rotors giving you the freedom to customise and suit your bike

Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 4

Feature 6

Recommended for use with Ice Tech Centre-Lock rotors for optimum braking performance in a choice of 160mm, 180mm and 203mm

Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 2

Feature 7

Can be used with Ice Tech pads available in resin or sintered compound, the optional aluminium radiation fin pad further improves heat dissipation reducing brake surface temperature by 50 deg C

Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 2

Feature 8

Easy to use one way oil bleeding for improved oil routing

Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 4

Feature 9

Mineral oil brake fluid

Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 7

Feature 10

Shim-less mounting system

Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 4

Feature 11

Banjo style attachment for neat hose alignment

Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 4

Feature 12

Contains G02A resin pads, plus optional bleed nipple blanking grub screw to save a further 3 grams

Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 2

Feature 13

Piston Material: High Insulation Resin

Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 2

Feature 14

Weight: 182g (pair)

Other Brake Spares found with this feature: 2

Spec 1

Option: Fits Front or Rear

Other Brake Spares found with this spec: 2

Price

£89

Number of Reviews

4

Review Score

5.0 / 5

Average score in category: 4.3

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  • . The XTR M9000 hydraulic disc brake systems are also Rider Tuned in Race and Trail versions, as not all riders come down the same mountain at the same speed. Shimano‚Äôs legacy of leading brake design stems from its dedicated study of the components of control: heat, power and stiffness New XTR M9000 brakes offer varying levels of heat control from an insulated piston (glass fiber phenolic) and insulated pad coating that created 10 percent more heat resistance. XTR M9000 brake levers also feature new handlebar-clearing I-spec II mounting Thanks to improved control, heat reduction and ergonomics, you‚Äôll seamlessly react to terrain changes with the highest level of braking confidence. The M9000 Race brake has race-tuned power and overall lighter weight thanks to a magnesium caliper and titanium mounting bolts, aluminIum backed pad and superior heat management thanks to an insulated piston and insulated pad coating Features: . Shimano XTR cutting edge braking technology, lightweight and powerful easily adaptable post-style hydraulic disc brake caliper Oversized 22mm glass fibre phenolic pistons optimized for heat insulation, lightweight and stiffness Opposed 2-piston design reduces leading effect and optimal pad wear increases braking control Super lightweight magnesium caliper design with Titanium hardware Can be used with a choice of adapters and rotors giving you the freedom to customise and suit your bike Recommended for use with Ice Tech Centre-Lock rotors for optimum braking performance in a choice of 160mm, 180mm and 203mm Can be used with Ice Tech pads available in resin or sintered compound, the optional aluminium radiation fin pad further improves heat dissipation reducing brake surface temperature by 50 deg C Easy to use one way oil bleeding for improved oil routing Mineral oil brake fluid Shim-less mounting system Banjo style attachment for neat hose alignment Contains G02A resin pads, plus optional bleed nipple blanking grub screw to save a further 3 grams Piston Material: High Insulation Resin Weight: 182g (pair)A 2 year warranty is offered with all Shimano products from Chain Reaction Cycles (3 years on Dura-Ace and XTR products) Buy Shimano Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Product codes: 4524667604273
  • BRM9000FR

No matter what type of bike product your buying, from the simple accessories through to the full setup of your custom built road bike, there are lots of important considerations that you should take into account, especially when you’re shopping online and unable to test the product first. This is especially true when you’re buying products like Brake Spares.

Our aim is simple, help you get the very best products for your budget. Whether that’s Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper or an alternative, we’ll do our best to find you unbiased, genuine customer reviews to help you make your decision. We’ve found 170 different products in the Brake Spares category at Chain Reaction Cycles and we’ve also managed to find 954 products from Shimano (although only 49 of the 954 are in the Brake Spares category).

Our first piece of advice is for you to spend some time really getting to know what it is you’re looking for. An important feature for one person might be totally pointless and irrelevant to you, so get a good idea of what you want and need from your Brake Spares. Note down this list of key features that your product must have, that way when you’re comparing alternatives you have a starting point to decide whether one product meets your needs or not.

Price is the next and probably one of the most important factors of a purchase, so it’s really worthwhile spending a bit of time analysing the price of Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper and seeing how it stacks up against those offered by different brands or even other alternatives from Shimano. Below we’re going to get into the detail of Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper to help you see how the prices stack up.

We start this price analysis by looking at the price you can expect to pay for Brake Spares. There are 170 different products available at Chain Reaction Cycles, and of those 170, the average price is £21.91. There’s quite a variance in price in this category too with the lowest priced product we found at £0.25 and most expensive was £99.

The next stage we went on to, was to look at the price of products from the brand: Shimano. The average price was £98.07 and we found that the price varies right from as little as £0.49 up to £2089.99 with Shimano products.

And finally we thought it would be good to give you an idea of Shimano products that appear specifically in the Brake Spares category. So you can see that the price of Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper at £89 is great value considering the average price of Shimano Brake Spares is £23.76 and the price varies from £1.39.

It’s also worth bearing in mind that we managed to find Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper during our price scan of several cycle retailers, for the amazing price of £89 which represents a £30.99 or 26% saving against RRP. If you think Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper ticks all of your boxes in terms of quality and features then it’s more than likely going to be a winner bearing in mind the price.

Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper Reviews

Reviews are obviously a key part of the buying process when buying any cycle gear, and that goes for Brake Spares too. Reading reviews if going to be the closest insight you get into how good Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper is, without actually trying or buying it. Over at Chain Reaction Cycles we managed to find 4 reviews scoring it 5.0 out of 5. That’s a great result considering the price and quality and the fact that it’s a product made by Shimano. In fact when you consider those points and combine it with the fact that the average review score in the Brake Spares category is 4.3 and the average score of products from Shimano is 4.4 it’s a steal. And actually, if you look specifically at products from Shimano in the Brake Spares category the average review score is 4.5.

That’s why you can see it was easy for us to give Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper such a high overall score of 8.8 / 10. It seems to have the perfect combination of features, quality and price making it a great all-rounder.

So our last piece of advice that we can offer is to take your time reading plenty of reviews now, you can see that there are 4 reviews for Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper which score it 5.0, so it’s really worth spending a few minutes reading through lots of these to see what the key advantages or dislikes are. It will really reassure you when you come to buying online.

If you do go on to buy Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Caliper or in fact any of the other Brake Spares, we would love to hear from you. Sharing your views will really help us to write more comprehensive reviews and we will share these thoughts with customers just like you that are looking to read reviews before they commit to buying.