Project Avid Code + Avid Ultimate Update
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007Last month I showed you a sweet brakeset that I’m sure you drooled all over.
This next update I’ve taken a few pictures of the complete setup on the scale showing you just how light this setup is since I’m sure a bunch of you are still in doubt. I’ll make believers out of you!
Inside there are pictures of stock Juicy 7’s and the brakeset I constructed with the Avid Code caliper and Avid Ultimate Lever on the scale.
So here’s an update on the weight. As stated earlier, these weigh pretty much the same as Juicy 7’s. Both brakes below are cut to the same length. Both brakes below have no adapters and this is just the basic weight of each brake before including the adapters and rotor.
Avid Juicy 7 : Hose Length 1294mm
Avid Ulitmate + Code Caliper : Hose Length 1294mm
So there ya go. 3 grams off Juicy 7 weight. Pretty “Sick”.
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March 21st, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Amazing.
March 21st, 2007 at 5:42 pm
So how well do these work? Same power as codes, or at least more than Juicy 7s?
March 21st, 2007 at 5:46 pm
They add a touch more modulation over a code/code setup. They are way more powerful than Juicy 7’s.
March 21st, 2007 at 11:36 pm
that’s pretty awesome
just how much beef is in the lever-body of a code set anyways?
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:48 am
What about the plastic container? does thatadd weight aswell?
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:11 am
No the container doesn’t add weight, the scale was tared/zeroed once the container was on the scale.
Yep, there’s a good bit of beef in the code lever.
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Sick:
can you post the weight of the beefy levers?
March 26th, 2007 at 12:57 am
i want that really bad
March 29th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
is it possible to use a juicy 5 or 7 lever with the code calipers? did you use the code brake line or the juicy, because i noticed on BTIs website there are seperate lines offered for juicys and Codes? thanks.
April 8th, 2007 at 12:01 am
How much would one of those in the front and back of my bike set me back?
April 8th, 2007 at 11:22 am
See your email
April 22nd, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Where did you get the caliper hardware? I was thinking about doing this with my juicy 5 levers, but i cant seem to find anyone that will sell me just the calipers…
August 6th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Is there any way i can order separate levers and calipers from sram?
August 6th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
You can , but they’re hard to come by.
October 28th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
I know where I can get just the lever body and just the caliper. Do you think a juicy 7/code set up would work? Also what fluid lines do I need, juicy lines or code lines?
November 8th, 2007 at 8:10 am
Ultimate Code with ti hardware in the caliper????
November 8th, 2007 at 8:15 am
Which DOT did you use, the ultimate uses 5.1, the code uses 4????
November 8th, 2007 at 9:29 am
dot 5.1 entirely was used.
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:25 pm
good idea, but as oliver asked, im wondering how much this break set would set me back? and if anyone is prepared to sell a brake set like this.
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Send an email if you want.
January 15th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
so avid can use dot 3,4, and 5.1?
January 17th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Yea you could. Avid comes bled with 5.1 now. I would only use DOT 4 or Dot 5.1 in them.
April 25th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
I assume these weights include fluid?
I have a question about the Juicy Ultimate lever. How do you remove the blade itself as it looks like the pivot pin has to be pressed out. Is this the case?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:43 am
yes they include fluid.
The pivot pin is held in place by an allen bolt.
May 25th, 2008 at 11:57 am
I already have the Code 5’s, how or where can I get the Ultimate or Jicy 7 lever body to do this?