Shimano BRAKES Lineup - DEORE, SLX, XT, XTR, 2-piston, 4-piston, M6100, M7100, M8100, M9100, M9120

2024 Shimano BRAKES Lineup, DEORE, SLX, XT, XTR, 2-piston and 4-piston brakes side-by-side features. Lever and caliper differences from the previous generation brakes (M6000, M7000, M8000, M9000) #shimano #brakes #comparison

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0:00 Intro
00:40 12 Speed brakes? Nomenclature
01:11 Brake Levers
03:58 New vs Old Levers
05:02 Levers to brake CALIPERS
06:03 Caliper Design
07:41 New Calipers, 4-piston
09:20 For more Info
10:01 How-to choose, options

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[flexxx]

Small tip for DIY-people: If you don't like the safety pin used on the Deore Calipers you can retrofit the screw from the higher series if you tap the threads into the calipers. Remove the pin, tap on the outside latch, I believe its a M4 thread. Then just screw in the screw and secure with the clip. Done!

[guy]

For the past 18 months my front brake setup he been Shimano SLX BL-M7100-R lever, SLX BR-M7120 4 piston caliper with fined resin pads, SLX 203mm SM-RT70-L rotor & all I can say is 'perfecto', they are absolutely phenomenal brakes. Very powerful with amazing brake feel & control at any speed, I could easily lock up the front wheel at any speed & get bucked over the bars. Reliability is no issue either, I set them up a long time ago & not touched them since. A huge bonus too is that Shimano use mineral oil instead of DOT brake fluid. I couldn't recommend highly enough using this brake setup.

[cosmicheretic]

Shimano drivetrain and brake junkie here. XT levers with mt520 on my Stevo, XT levers with 8020 calipers on my Levo. Both 203 rotors. SLX levers and 7100 calipers on my Rascal. SLX and Deore levers and m615/m675 calipers on my ns eccentric chromo. 180 rotors on both. 12 speed Shimano drivetrains on the regular fs bikes. 11 speed Shimano on the hardtail. 10 speed linkglide on the e bike. I learned a lot from your great videos. Very grateful! Cheers🥂

[shawnpritchard]

You were one of the first MTB channels I found all those years ago.
Thank you so much for the all great content.

[dimimtb]

I love my Shimano brakes but can't say I've tried anything else LOL. My Optic came with MT-420 4 piston brakes with metalic pads, hated the levers so did a simple lever replacement with the M6100 levers and a bleed. I love that all of the brakes are basically slightly different versions of the same thing and are all interchangeable. Quick lever bleed and they are awesome.

[hardmtnbiker]

I’m a Shimano “fan boy” and think the brakes are some of the best in the industry with these new models. I have the older models too and those models had some “getting used to” because of the grabby feel. But I feel like these new models completely eliminated the grabby feel but without making them feel mushy like some other brands feel. My 8120 XT brakes have aftermarket levers from Flo Motorsports called the Pro 120. My 9120 XTR’s I left the original nice levers on those. One of the things that I love about Shimano is that they are very easy to bleed and service. The Shimano Ice Tech rotors are pricey and so are the brake pads but you can get the less expensive Shimano rotors or other brands, same with the brake pads. I only use Shimano mineral oil but some people change that too. I really enjoy your channel and learning about your profession opinion and tips on bike wrenching. Thanks!

[gabrieldyker]

Great stuff! I have quite a collection too, 6000, 7000, 8120 and Saints. Love the fact you can mix and match all the bits!

[DailyBag]

I love my Shimano SLX 7100 2 pistons brakes. I just Upgraded my Rotor to a SRAM Centerline 180mm F/R . SLX 2 pistons Is superb I wish I could buy the 4piston but I'm happy with 2 piston on my Hardtail XC bike 💯 always Love to watch your video 💯💯

[nettorosas]

Congratulation, great video, I'm using shimano xt m8100 and I love it.

[hindesite]

Great timing, had just added a set of 2 Deore 6120s into a cart, waiting to checkout.

[salvatoregiuliano]

Small detail, the free stroke on the SLX is blocked only by a shorter screw, it can be easily replaced by a longer one in order to have the functionality.

Great video btw!

[glennmorgan]

Great comparison vid!!! My fav so far is the xt 8120 and pretty straight forward to bleed also.Cheers!!!

[Sayan_here]

For bikepacking purpose 203mm front with mt6120 and 180 on rear with mt6100. More than happy with the setup, no complain.

[tzed]

Thanks for this, great run-down of the various choices.

[GokkunGuru]

Great comparison video.

Currently using XT 2 piston on my XC rig.

And SRAM Code Silver Stealth (the ones with the hose closer to the bars) 4 piston on my trail rig.

[dfathatgmx]

Thank you, this was usefull - as allways. Imo Shimano has the best brakes, no matte 2 or 4 pistons both are very powerfull, cheers :)

[TCK]

Shimano Brakes and SRAM gears is my preferred combo.

[GlobTech]

Epic video! I'm running the SLX M7000 2-pot ones. Lovely so far in over 3 years, front was new while the rears were second hand.

From my research back then for the Mx000 generation, XTR isn't worth it, XT had a bad batch in the beginning while SLX came later on the market and are spot on. Plus I got the new upgraded G05S pads for this new season. 203mm and 180mm matching SLX discs as well.

Would love the M8120 ones day 😁

[richardpochman]

Thanks for this great video and the comparision. I use the BR-MT520/500 on my fully and it´s the best brake i ever head

[Jetskir]

Great info broken down professionally Thank you