Hombre Brake

[Gary72]

What is the brake everyone says is great. Is it this one
http://www.billys.co.uk/english/group.php?prod=bcdc-hombre-Uni
Or this one
http://www.billys.co.uk/english/group.php?prod=bcdc-hombre
Also there is this one not a Hombre but
http://www.billys.co.uk/english/group.php?prod=bddc-milu

Help wifes after some ideas for crimbo presents.

[gary4130]

they all work as good as each other mate.just depends if you are using front or rear.go for the universals if poss- but those at £ 7.99 -bargin .

[Gary72]

any other thoughts, It is for the rear

[JT71]

the 1st and 3rd ones you list will be great. the 2nd one is front specific, the £7.99 one.

I got a uni for the front and it's great, comes with all the bits to make it a rear, obviously, so go for that.

[MeddlE]

If it's a rear brake then the best is this one.

http://www.billys.co.uk/english/group.php?prod=bcfly

I couldn't believe the difference this made when I upgraded from an Oddy Evolver to the Fly.

[JT71]

but is it actually 5 times better?

I'll confess it looks great, and I'm pretty sure it's a great stopper, but is it 5 times better?


any why have the smileys stopped working for me?

[MeddlE]

No, it's not 5 times better, it's about 20 times better.  Honestly, absolutely worth the money, without a doubt.

[pickle]

i'm not sure i could warrant paying £60 for a brake caliper!  i'm sure they're great but the others work fine for me..........just bling if you ask me but then i don't have one.....

think i prefer the look of the Demolition ones though

Oh and the smily faces don't work for me either!  maybe they're in the middle of changing them to the Christmas ones??

[Gary72]

Think I'm going to suggest this one
http://www.billys.co.uk/english/group.php?prod=bcdc-hombre-Uni
It comes in green???
FLY looks nice, but dont think the wife will spend that sort of money, if she would; would go for an S&M REVENGE.

[pickle]

i'm sure the Fly ones are superb! lets face it they can't be poo for £60?  but the Hombre will work and work a million times better than any old caliper brake.

[MeddlE]

FLY looks nice, but dont think the wife will spend that sort of money, if she would; would go for an S&M REVENGE.

I have both of those and the Fly is the better of the two.  I run the Revenge on the front.

[MeddlE]

i'm sure the Fly ones are superb! lets face it they can't be poo for £60?  but the Hombre will work and work a million times better than any old caliper brake.

Yes, the Hombre is far better than a caliper brake, but make that same leap again and that's what the Fly is to the Hombre.

[pickle]

i'll have to take your word on it Grah as i don't think i'd ever have the bottle to spend £60 on a brake caliper.......but stranger things have happened  :-)

[Biggeorge]

ive got a fly on my fly and its fantastic.
On my haros ive got dia compe box brakes with angled arms, not cheap but very good.

On the front ive got evolvers, one of them being the evo2 and they are very good, will be trying a hombre out soon!
Any of these are good, how deeps yer wallet!!