While pretending they were multitasking on their Win95 machine, Richard had 
this to say to Bill Arlofski:
RG> Bill can you explain what are maguras? Thanks
Magura is a company out of Germany that makes hydraulic brakes for 
mountain/road bikes, and I can only assume that they manufacture for 
Motorcycles, but that would only be an assumption.
These brakes are smooth... First thing I noticed once on the trail was that 
there is ZERO cable-drag friction that is associated with other 
cabled-breaks. On the down side, though, they are expensive as compared to 
most other brakes, but IMO they are worth every penny.
If you are not a gram-watcher and are looking for a brake upgrade, (and you 
have a big wallet) I recommend these HIGHLY. After riding only a few times 
with these, it has become painfully obvious to me that some of the claims of 
"ON/OFF operation" or "little to no modulation" are a bunch of hooey. I have 
never felt in such control of my decelleration system.  (for those 
physics majors in the house, I guess negative accelleration system is more 
fitting)
RG> Sounds like you had a "bring to reality" ride
That is quite true. The whole ride, I was wondering jsut WHAT part of riding 
was "fun" and why all I could think about during the winter was riding. Heck, 
if someone offered to carry my bike out of the woods for me I would have let 
them have the bike, and probably paid them a reward! 
Ride to live, live to... OOps, wrong biking motto... :)
Bill Arlofski
waa@megahits.com
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... How can anybody be enlightened? Truth is after all so poorly lit
--- Sheesh! 1.11+
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