Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Reviews

Review score: 8.9/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £144 – Save 31% (RRP: £209.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake worthy of a review score of 8.9 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – Shimano
• Videos
• Summary
• Alternatives

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Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Brakes. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Brakes. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Brakes. Brands like Shimano are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Brakes category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Brakes.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £144 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.5 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Brakes

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Brakes.

We found 171 in the Brakes category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £122.95, making it above average at £144.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Brakes. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £499.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £7.99.

With 171 products available we worked out that 56 cost more than Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake and 114 were cheaper.

Cost of Shimano products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 854 products from Shimano, of which 62 were in the Brakes category.

For now though we’re looking at Shimano branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £94.29 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Shimano product we found was £1.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £1999.99.

Of the 854 from Shimano, 131 were more expensive than Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake and 722 were cheaper.

How much are Shimano Brakes?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Shimano products that are listed in the Brakes category.

The average price of the 62 products that match this search was £114.49, with the cheapest coming in at £14.44 and highest price was £499.00. With the average being £114.49, Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake comes in above average.

16 products that meet this search were more expensive than Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake and 45 were cheaper.

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Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.2 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Brakes category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.4 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake or another similar product, like Shimano Alivio T4000 V-Brake reviews or Shimano R785 Di2 Road Disc Brake reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Brakes.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Brakes. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Shimano, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.9/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010915829
• Product ID 2: 430840UK
• Brand: Shimano
• Model number: M9000BLF
• RRP: £209.99
• EAN: 4524667687719
• Description: Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc BrakeThe Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake is a powerful hydraulic disc brake. Shimano’s legacy of leading brake design comes from their dedicated R&D into components of control and how they interact with heat, power, and stiffness.XTR Disc Brake with Heat ControlShimano’s XTR M9000 Race Disc brake offers varying levels of heat control as the insulated glass fibre phenolic piston and insulated pad coating enhance heat resistance by 10%. XTR M9000 brake levers also feature new handlebar-clearing I-spec II mounting.Lightweight XTR Disc BrakeThe¬†XTR’s disc brake system¬†has race-tuned power and, thanks to a magnesium caliper and master cylinder as well as a carbon lever blade, comes in at a lighter weight.¬†The XTR M9020 Trail brake system¬†is trail-tuned for power and stiffness by using a pre-loaded aluminium caliper and a new¬†Servo-Wave lever with a powerful and stiff carbon-alloy structure. The XTR M9020 Trail Disc Brake comes standard with¬†Ice Technologies¬†radiator pads for further heat reduction.Features:Caliper Features:Piston Material:¬†High Insulation ResinShimano XTR cutting edge braking technology, lightweight and powerful easily adaptable post-style hydraulic disc brake caliperOversized 22mm glass fibre phenolic pistons optimised for heat insulation, lightweight and stiffnessOpposed 2-piston design reduces leading effect and optimal pad wear increases braking controlSuper lightweight magnesium caliper design with titanium hardwareCan be used with a choice of adapters and rotors giving you the freedom to customise and suit your bikeRecommended for use with Ice Tech centre lock rotors for optimum braking performance in a choice of 160mm, 180mm and 203mm (sold separately)Can be used with Ice Tech pads available in resin or sintered compound, the optional aluminium radiation fin pad further improves heat dissipation reducing brake surface temperature by 50 degrees CelsiusEasy to use one way oil bleeding for improved oil routingMineral oil brake fluidShim-less mounting systemBanjo style attachment for neat hose alignmentContains G02A resin pads, plus optional bleed nipple blanking grub screw to save a further 3 gramsWeight:¬†182g (pair)Brake Lever Features:Ergonomic XTR Race brake lever that is stripped down to be light on weight and heavy on performanceEasy access lever reach adjustment for custom lever feel and positionLightweight, strong and durable Magnesium one piece body is also rigid under hard braking loadsCarbon fibre short 13mm wide brake lever with textured finish for optimum strength, lightweight and reliabilityErgonomic pivot position for efficient and powerful braking follows a natural pulling arcIntegrated inline barrel master reservoir with easy bleed portMineral oil brake fluidHinged clamp for quick installationWeight:¬†122g (pair)A 2-year warranty is offered with all Shimano products from Chain Reaction Cycles (3 years on Dura-Ace and XTR products).Buy¬†Shimano Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Brakes
• Savings percentage from RRP: 31%
• Size: Right Hand – Front
• Unisex
• 65.99
• Adult

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Other options for Brakes

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Brakes. 171 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Shimano XTR M9000 Race Disc Brake included,
Shimano Sora R317 Mechanical Disc Brake Caliper reviews, Shimano XT M8000 Disc Brake reviews, or we really liked the look of Shimano Tiagra 4700 Road Brake Caliper reviews as another alternative.