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Magura Pulls Out the Stops, Releases New Gustav Professional and Simple Tube Expertise
Jun
Gustav is again. Named after the founding father of Magura, the Gustav Professional rekindles the identify first utilized by the corporate’s first hydraulic disc brake from the 90s, the Magura Gustav M.
Magura claims that “the identify Gustav has been reserved for merchandise that obtain the top of innovation and efficiency”.
The brand new Gustav Professional is a hydraulic brake system meant for eMTB use, in addition to gravity or different bikes that profit from higher stopping energy. Saying that “anybody can produce brakes that cease gentle bikes”, the Gustav Professionals are able to cease the heaviest of bikes — developed for extra management, later-occurring braking factors, with much less hand and arm pump.
What’s the Deal?
The Gustav Professionals have 2.5mm thick rotors and 40% extra pad quantity. Due to this mass, the rotors and pads warmth up much less and “keep within the candy spot longer”, offering the rider with the brake’s finest efficiency and attainable friction values. Magura even claims that these brakes is not going to fade.
With bigger pistons (12mm within the grasp cylinder, and 19mm on the caliper), the Gustav Professionals cut back the general stress stage. This provides the brakes a well-defined chunk level felt on the lever, with “excellent modulation”.
Magura has doubled the time interval wanted for servicing the Gustav Professionals. Additional thick brake pads, with 40% extra materials and thick 2.5mm rotors with a 2.1mm put on restrict, hold brake service at bay for “twice so long as typical”.
Brake put on performs an necessary function on the subject of eBikes. Their weight, energy, and pace positioned new calls for on brake methods. The Gustav Professional claims to have carried out away with brief upkeep intervals. Talking of eBikes, the Gustav Professionals are absolutely suitable with Bosche eBike ABS.
The Magura has built-in its Simple Hyperlink know-how for the primary time into the Gustav Professional brake grasp cylinders. This merely means you could now join and disconnect your brake hose to and from the grasp with none particular instruments.
The Gustav Professional shall be accessible on full bikes and aftermarket in late 2024
This brings us to Magura’s Simple Tube Expertise (ETT). Learn on.
Simple Tube Expertise
For some time now, bicycle hydraulic brake hoses have been created equal, kind of. Equally a ache within the ass for outlets, producers, and the tip person. Say goodbye to olives and barbs with Magura’s Simple Tube Expertise (ETT). All you want is your required size of hose (offered by the meter), and the corresponding ETT connection units. This know-how makes it very easy to create Magura Simple Hyperlink connections for Gustav Professional and MT disc brakes with Simple Hyperlink adaptors.
The Simple Tube Expertise product line shouldn’t be solely extra versatile but in addition much less wasteful. For instance, Magura used to promote 2.5m lengthy after-market brake hoses, however solely .8m was wanted for the entrance brake. With the brand new ETT connections, outlets can now reduce their desired size hose to the millimeter from a roll of hose. The ETT connections will assist finish customers and residential mechanics share in brake hose size flexibility as nicely.
ETT Hose Connections
To attach a brake hose to the brake’s grasp cylinder, Magura gives a contemporary various to the basic barb and olive connection – Simple Hyperlink. Simple Hyperlink is used on the Gustav Professional, the Bosch eBike ABS management unit, and the Magura Cockpit Integration (MCI). Simple Hyperlink adapters are additionally accessible for current Magura brakes. Word that the identical hose can nonetheless be used with a basic clamp-ring connection.
Simple Hyperlink simplifies, and quickens the set up of brakes, whereas additionally enabling the re-opening and re-closing of the system. Magura gives crimped and screwed ETT variations to create the Simple Hyperlink brake hose ends. The screwed model gives significantly straightforward dealing with with out particular instruments, at each ends of the brake hose.
The set consists of an adaptor to press the hose, a slotted clamping ring, and a union nut. Magura gives an digital and mechanical crimping instrument for the crimped model. From the seems of it, the crimped model is sufficiently small that it ought to match by way of inner routing holes with out having to take away any components or chopping the hose. That could possibly be a recreation changer for contemporary bikes with sophisticated inner routing.
ETT Connections for Calipers
The screwed model of the ETT connectors can be utilized to attach brake calipers. Magura gives ETT connection units for calipers with banjo connections and for calipers with straight connections.
ETT Connection Units Overview
- ETT EASY LINK adapter set
- ETT EASY LINK crimp sleeve & ETT EASY LINK crimp adapters
- ETT banjo caliper connection set
- ETT M6 caliper connection set
- EASY LINK 1 valve (adapter for brake masters with coarse threads)
- EASY LINK 2 valve (adapter for parts with high quality threads)
The East Tube Expertise shall be accessible in late 2024