I'm seeing SLX brake sets for about $140 on ebay (new, no rotors).
Is that about the best deal I'll find on these? BlueSky has them for $160 and CRC has them for $140 WITH rotors but the rotors are centerlock. I need 6-bolt. I could buy them from CRC and sell the centerlocks but I'm hoping one of you experts has found a better deal.
Considering I went back through this forum three months, and considering the only post re: SLX brakes I found was three weeks old and considering that deals change daily, yes, I needed to start another SLX thread.
The real question is that if you are that upset about SLX threads, why did you open one?
I also happen to be shopping around for a new set of brakes. CRC seems to be the best deal right now. But with the current $15 off deal on purchases over $145, a set of XT brakes would only be $15 more than SLX. No rotors though. Fyi, you will need to reverse front and rear levers since the euros have them the other way.
I assume that swapping the levers is no additional work if I'm going to have to shorten the hoses anyway, right? Meaning that I have to disconnect the hoses to cut them, so there's problem with swapping the levers when I do that.
cheaper a couple weeks back as Euro has trended better recently, but still get frt/rr full set w ice tech pads for ~$112 usd. only downside is $20 shipping... they do have some great prices on other bits as well - and shipping is flat rate unless oversized
fyi - for $23 more you get full xt set... not that you get much if anything better in capability - but it is XT - HA
When I ordered my XT's from crc I could choose which side the front and rear is before ordering.
One thing about the pads, the XT came with ice tech pads and I put one set in the front Deore's on my Heckler and they seem to do a good job of keeping the heat from the caliper.
Just updating this thread. Ordered a set of slx brakes from merlin today for $113 shipped. Not ice tech pads and no rotors.
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