Magura MT5 2-Finger Lightweight Aluminium Bicycle Brake Lever, Useable on Left/Right, 2,200 mm Cable Length, Single Pad Set IncludingAccessories (Pack of 1), Bicycle Brake, Black, One Size

Blessed be the true teachers. They save us many blunders.I put some MT 5's on the front. These were for the Rear, routed internally.All was well - plugged top end, w/ cylinder/ lever at highest point and pulled new hose through bottom, piggybacking old line being removed. Standard game.Unplug, trim excess, install compression nut, olive and insert and lost near zero inserting into the upper end into the master.Then I notice the banjo's facing the wrong direction.Okay, raise bike where caliper's highest (do not do this) and loosened the banjo's bolt, rotating the fitting 90degrees. While the fitting is now pointed perfectly (no matter what you think, do not do this) before I could shut it, a good deal of fluid simply gushed out onto my rag.It wouldn't bleed out by any 'easy methods' either.Finally I found an old vid by a guy that was as a rep for Magura - for MT 6's or some other ancient single pot stuff. I did what he said and it produced better feel than my front MT 5 does.Unlike the MT 6's, the MT 5's and 7's DO have a threaded port and typical brake kits have that fitting.I also found w/ our modern MT's there's no need to remove the pads, but the caliper needs to be hanging loose, off the frame.I also 'tapped' on and moved the upper end around a bit. That produced some bubbles, so it's confirmed as part of me method.Remounted calipers while clamping on a blade spacer and burned these babies in.Impressed. Highly recommended performance. No issues.

2nd set purchases for my sons e-bike, works great and stopping power is way better that 2 piston hydraulic brakes! You tubers were praising these brakes for their e-bikes, that’s what made me buy and try! No complaints so far!

This product is terrible when it came the bleed screw was sheared off and it has several scratches. It looks like it came used. The bad also came slightly damage and when I tried using it it didn’t even work and I can’t even get it off my bike any more because I have a sure on and the space the get it out is really small. BUYERS STAY AWAY FROM THIS AT ALL COST

Works as it should - great. The only problem is that since this could be mounted as a front or rear brake, the hose it very long. Even mounting it on the rear required cutting the hose. And that required bleeding the brake to get the air out of the line. Yes - I saw the YouTube videos that said you can cut the hose without bleeding the brake. I could not make that work. I got a TON of air out when I bled the line. After bleeding - it works great.

I bought these Magura brakes for my e-bike, and they work great! I love how they're super light and have bleed ports on both sides of the lever module, so it wouldn't matter if you put it on the right or the left side of your handlebars. I also find it interesting that there's something directly on the lever you can screw down, which can change how much you have to pull the lever in order for the calipers to engage and bite your rotors, which doesn't do too much in my opinion. The thing I didn't like was how long the cables were, but it came with accessories to easily shorten the length of them, which could roughly only take you less than 5 minutes. I've already had 2 sets of these brakes on my bike for over 10 months and never had to bleed my left brake, besides my right one, which I had to bleed. Another thing I dislike is that when you want to replace the brake pads, you specifically have to buy Maruga MT5 brake pads in order for them to fit. I've experienced a couple of different brands of pads, such as Maruga MT5 9.p pads. They don't last very long in my opinion but have great biting power. I recommend trying out different brands for pads, such as hardheaded ram. Their sintered pads are the ones I'm running right now and are one of the stronger and longer-lasting pads you can get from them because the material they use is much different than the Maruga 9.p's. Overall, I really like these brakes and love how cool they look on my bike.

These once run great but I had to return the first once’s because they came with no pads and the break hoes was broken. Clearly came used the first time but they are good breaks. It has a lot of line so you may need to cut it. Good on the second chance disappointed with the first set.

I've owned and used all the major manufacturer's 4-pot brakes and have had two MT5 sets over the years - Magura's 4-pot brakes are simply the best. With single pads for each pot and MDR-P rotors the bite and feel improves a lot. The HC3 levers are also able to be fitted to the MT5 and this really makes for a super luxurious setup. Bleeding with lighter-weight Pentosin CHF or even Shimano's mineral oil provides a lighter feel than the heavier Magura fluid, modulation and power are excellent. Maintenance is really low or even non-existent compared to DOT fluid setups thanks to mineral oil. Highly recommended, especially if you happen to find a set discounted.

Let's say you're an out of shape 40s gentleman and you want good brakes on your MTB. These B's pump hard. Do it. Installed on ibis ripmo af.