I have a p5-6 and have had zero issues with my Magura brakes. What type of issues might I be in for? what have you experienced?

More often than not, when I fly with my bike the brakes get air in the hydraulic line and I have to get them bled on arrival. This has happened 7 out of 11 times I have flown with my bike in the last two years.
With significant temperature fluctuations the hydraulic fluid leaks out of the brake levers and I have to bleed them to solve the problem. This happens 2-3 times over the course of a Canadian winter.

I'm just tired of the hassle and never knowing if the brakes are going to work when I fly for training or racing.

That sounds terrible. Thanks for the info.

I have this bike for so long - 6 years - and flown with it so many times and didnt have the issues with the bleeding you are experiencing

nevertheless - my buddy is running p5-3 with omegas and he likes it

I had 4 flights last year with the maguras without problems.
It's worrying however that the threadowner had these problems. He seemed however not have exchanged his leaking leavers, maybe it was just a problem with his very leavers.

Anyone nows where I can find these for the maguras brake, or I need to by the whole caliper.
I can´t fine any place to buy it online.
Really apreciate any info
Thanks

Sounds like the RT8s are discontinued. I called magura about it a while back

Sorry to hear of your troubles. I got one of the 1st P5-6 that came out. Have flown all over including Europe several times, Hawaii a couple with it, Puerto Rico, and all over the US. Never really any trouble. The front end is a bit trying to take apart, but I always managed, and I'm not much of a mechanic.

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Hello Nicotriman and All,

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I think Rocky may have a stash of some brake parts.

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Personally, I ditched 'em for standard Dura Ace calipers - happy with the decision.

Do you have any pics?

Sorry, I do not! Been a long time.

Edit: Sorry - I read this too fast and now see that this was specific to the P5. I replaced the Maguras on a different bike.

Omega and TRP is you want to keep them fully hidden. The TRP fits under the cover with just a bit of trimming and the magura covers can be glued to the omega cover. Here is mine:
https://i.imgur.com/LET8ncN.jpg

But to he honest, I'd recommend something else if you care more about power/feel than aero. I never realized how weak and flexy those brakes were until I built a road bike with the same wheels, pads, and cable housing, but standard top-spec brakes (FSA K-Force WE). Omega+TRP is sufficient for tri and looks clean, but I'd venture a guess they will be far weaker than your Maguras.

Cool setup. I'm assuming the Profile stem but which basebar? How did you source the Scott Plasma bento? Any options or tilt?

Eric

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Thanks. Yes the stem is PD. I had the 3T Vola bar with race cups, Tririg extensions and PD race cups. No tilt. I did a google search for the bento and ordered from a random shop that had a listing at the time.

This past winter I made a change to Alpha classic which adds 10mm of pad reach, along with D2Z extensions, and custom cups. Cups look huge in the picture but the curvature is actually between that of the PD race and ergo cups. Pads are made of CeeGee's new thinner material.

Which dura ace did you use? Please provide link. Pics?
Thank you.

Check out this guys P5: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQCoH8itNM6/

Looks like he's running SRAM breaks. I asked in his comments about how the fairing but didn't get a response. I'm not sure where he got it from but I'd make the jump to cabled breaks if I could figure out the fairing situation.

I communicated with him. Tririg brakes, SRAM levers...brakes come with a magnetic front plate that he modified and epoxied to inside of front fairing so that it just clips in via magnets. Its super clean. Oh and I think he glued the front fairings into one piece.

Thats exatly what I did some years ago. Works great

To make the Omega X work for a 2013 P5-6, can someone clarify whether the inside of the Magura brake fairings need to be trimmed (perhaps the swoop that goes inside near the tire), whether the TR brake pad holders need to be trimmed, or both?

Or, maybe I'm missing something altogether, as at the moment when using 2 "long" star nuts to space the TR brake out from the P5-6 fork enough that the pad holders don't hit the fork cut-outs, I'm not able to fit the Magura brake fairings back over in any fashion - they're about 1/2" away from fitting into the fork cut-outs like they should.

Thank you!

I had to trim the pad holders to get the TR brake closer to the fork.

Did not trim the magura cover other than enlarging the port at the top, since the TR cable enters further forward than the Magura hose. I glued the two halves together and then glued the single piece to the TR cover. It glued nicely to the "swoop" you mentioned.

https://i.imgur.com/0ORg1oN.jpeg
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https://imgur.com/a/E1NsGR0

Lifesaver, thank you a ton for the action pics!! I found lots of “finished” shots but didn’t see any of the “under construction” variety. I made the mistake of not test-fitting everything before painting the bike, so every cut and change now needs to be final/finish quality.

Appreciate it greatly!

Finally got some daylight between the brakes and the fork - thank you! Took off a good bit of material from the brake pad holders and feeling like it's enough clearance. Will finish out the beard glue/fitment and circle back to finalize the pad holders and paint the area where material was removed.

Last question for now: what are the two screws at the top of the backplate, circled in green in the attached pic? When looking at the screw heads from the front, they are directly behind the rollers that move on the angled-pieced which pushes out the brake arms.They don't appear to serve a function for how I'm mounting the TR but I don't want to either remove or grind them down if they're needed/important.