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Title: DC MX1000 Re-Issue
Post by: AKGOFF on December 13, 2011, 09:06 PM: Has anybody had one of these calipers? Apart from the Adjuster & the Quick Release Lever are they any good, do they look good in the flesh?

Cheers

Adam
Title: Re: DC MX1000 Re-Issue
Post by: Bob_Acid on December 13, 2011, 09:22 PM: They look like the cheap knock offs you used to get in the 80's with a dia-compe washer. The MX isn't even engraved-it's painted on :idiot2:
Title: Re: DC MX1000 Re-Issue
Post by: Gnarlyscoots on December 13, 2011, 09:23 PM: Even Formos were better than these tat :crazy2: :2funny:
Title: Re: DC MX1000 Re-Issue
Post by: animal on December 13, 2011, 09:25 PM: R they as bad as Chang Star ? surely not ::)
Title: Re: DC MX1000 Re-Issue
Post by: AKGOFF on December 13, 2011, 09:58 PM: OK, thanks chaps, so what do i use if i want to keep a bike age correct (2011) that is a reissue frame & forks (ie i need a caliper brake)?
Title: Re: DC MX1000 Re-Issue
Post by: john4130 on December 13, 2011, 10:29 PM: how about the dia-compe 883 nippon from porkchop, i reckon they look better than the re issue mx1000.
Title: Re: DC MX1000 Re-Issue
Post by: Gnarlyscoots on December 13, 2011, 10:36 PM: Quote from: john4130 on December 13, 2011, 10:29 PM
how about the dia-compe 883 nippon from porkchop, i reckon they look better than the re issue mx1000.
That would be my first choice or even go for the Bulldog that he has done through Dia Compe too :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: DC MX1000 Re-Issue
Post by: GTnumber1 on December 13, 2011, 10:55 PM: Have you seen the one on my quad Adam? Re issue but put the old quick release, adjuster and decals, and it works as good as an original which is SHITE!!!!!!
Title: Re: DC MX1000 Re-Issue
Post by: rad_pitt on December 13, 2011, 11:05 PM: Quote from: GTNUMBER1 on December 13, 2011, 10:55 PM
Have you seen the one on my quad Adam? Re issue but put the old quick release, adjuster and decals, and it works as good as an original which is SHITE!!!!!!

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