Maven is the absolute most powerful brake ever made, offering usable power for efficiency and tunability, and extreme power for elevated speed and control on ever-more demanding terrain.
More important than overall power is usable power. With Maven, it takes 32% lighter input force at the lever to generate the same amount of power as Code, reducing fatigue and boosting control for massive bike park days, rowdy DH race terrain, and long enduro stages. Ride harder and longer; Maven delivers the best of both worlds.
With four caliper pistons measuring 19.5mm and 18mm, Maven caliper pistons are simply huge, providing more force against the pads for more friction with less effort. In the caliper, Maven’s piston seals use a proprietary material that retains its properties to maintain air-tight sealing regardless of extreme braking heat or low atmospheric temperatures. These remarkable heat-tolerant seals also enable Maven to overcome the past weakness associated with mineral oil, and use mineral oil for its advantages. Take on the most extreme terrain and longest descents with a consistent feel, run after run, ride after ride.
Optimized for Maven, SwingLink delivers a rate of leverage that changes throughout the lever stroke. The farther you pull along the arc, the more power Maven sends to the pistons. This progressive power delivery offers unrivaled control, as opposed to the binary characteristic of an “on/off” feel.
Every course is different. As conditions change, so does the tuning of your brakes. Maven Expert Box kits are designed to provide athletes with everything they need to tune their brakes for optimal performance, no matter what the conditions.
Maven produces nearly 50% more power than one of the most capable brakes ever, SRAM Code. While it’s tempting to focus on this fact alone, Maven is about more than brute force.
Huge caliper pistons mean nothing unless the ratio of piston size in the lever is designed to work with them. Power is about the relationship between these piston sizes, and Maven delivers a superior optimization of this ratio. Maven’s four caliper body bolts contribute to lossless power at the caliper, translating to a solid feel in the lever, befitting its power. Maven brake pads load from the bottom. This crucial design feature helps achieve the stiffness required to deliver this kind of power.
Maven’s surplus power makes it the go-to for the literal extreme of the sport. But with all that power, you can also tune it down. Think of it like volume. You might want to max it out and listen at full power, or turn it down and enjoy subtlety and precision. More available power gives you more options.
The common misconception is that heat is a brake’s worst enemy. The fact is, heat is essential. For a brake to be powerful and consistent, it must retain enough heat in the system but avoid quick fluctuations between hot and cold. Maven calipers provide greater performance consistency by maintaining optimal operating temperatures for longer durations. Built for greater thermal mass, they take longer to heat up, keep excess heat at bay, yet retain optimal heat so as to not cool down too fast. When the caliper avoids the peaks and valleys of hot and cold, consistency of performance reaches totally new levels. If needed, Maven also features two inconspicuous heat ducts in the caliper body that help evacuate heat at the braking surface to equalize temperatures when it gets extreme on long, hard braking scenarios.
Features:
- Organic brake pads offer a strong initial bite and less overall noise.
- Sintered brake pads have more resistance to sustained heat and offer better performance in wet or muddy conditions.
- Choose HS2 rotors for 7% more power and better heat management, or CenterLine rotors if less power and weight saving is the objective.
- Personalize lever fit with independent adjustments of lever bite point and lever blade reach without having one inversely affect the other.
- The smallest rotor size that your frame and fork can accept is the recommended starting point when tuning Maven.
- 20mm rotor size jumps increase power by 14%.