U brake booster. Worth fitting?

[The History Man]

I have two bikes with u brakes one has a black xt u brake with the booster thing and is surprisingly sharp. The other is shocking with silver exage mountain with no booster u thing. Would that make such a massive difference?

Can I get just a booster to fit the exage in silver as I don't want black? Or is there another good quality u brake complete with booster I can source?

Also maybe deeper pads/longer block posts would help the setup? Not sure what pads/blocks would fit.

 

[gtRTSdh]

I think magura boosters work for ubrakes better than canti boosters.

 

[The History Man]

Where would I view such an item of usefulness?

 

[Koupe]

Get someone to haul on the brake while you stand behind and check how much movement there is in the seatstays. It differs between frames - my GT has no flex even without a booster, whereas plenty of others can splay visibly.

Boosters are easy enough to pick up individually, probably worth trying before junking the Exage?

 

[The History Man]

Will put a shout out for one on here now. Thanks.

 

[DrJo]

looking good bfg, sorry thm...

 

[drcarlos]

It's the pads you are using the Deore XT Aztec U-brake pads on the XT ubrake they were always really good, the standard shimano blocks on the Exage were no better than average. Stick the XT pads on the Exage U and try them. I have an unboosted exage U on my courier comp and it works well with plenty of power and modulation. It has XT Aztec pads.

Carl.

 

[The History Man]

OK will try a pad change along with setup. thanks