Avid courts trail bikers with powerful stoppers in four-piston design

The "XO Trail" brake showed the way: four pistons like on a downhill brake, but one weight in the cross-country frame. Avid is now taking this concept down the component hierarchy and upgrading two stoppers in the Elixir range with a four-piston trail version.

Elixir 9 Trail
Avid has positioned the new Elixir 9 Trail brake anchor just below the XO Trail brake. Both in terms of weight at 350 grams (front, with 160 mm rotor) - only ten grams heavier - and technically, the new brake is close to the top stopper. In addition to the four pistons on the brake calliper, the XO Trail also features a carbon brake lever and lever width and pressure point adjustment. Compatibility with MatchmakerX, the color "black ano" and available "HS1" 6-hole rotors in the formats 140, 160, 170, 180 and 200 millimeters are also part of the good tone.

Elixir 7 Trail
At 355 grams, the Elixir 9 Trail brake is only marginally heavier than the 9 model and does not have to do without the four-piston design. However, the brake lever is kept simpler, this shines in black aluminum, while the rest of the stopper is designed in a "storm grey". Lever width adjustment is also included in the specification, but the rider has to do without the pressure point adjustment in favor of the lower price. As with the 9 model, there is a choice of four disk diameters.

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