After striking results of the XTR disc brakes last year, independent German test institute Velotech.de tested this year the SHIMANO DEORE, SLX and DEORE XT disc brakes. Again with excellent results at deceleration, duration and brakepower!

All the tested disc brake models/rotor/sizes/pad combinations have exceeded Velotech’s firm disc brake standards and outperformed the common used DIN EN 14766 and GS standards by far. Especially ICE TECHNOLOGIES brakes performed extremely well in the tests. ICE TECH brakes generate more braking power, are more reliable and last longer. They provide unbeatable stopping power all the way down.

In 2010 SHIMANO introduced a revolutionary cooling technology for disc brakes named ICE TECHNOLOGIES. Since in any brake system there is a direct relation in between the generated kinetic energy (for brake power) and thermal energy (generated heat), Shimano has focused on the management of the system temperature. Lowering the temperature contributes to avoid negative effects on braking performance, as a result ICE TECHNOLOGIES brake systems have practically zero brake fading in normal usage, it increases the pad-durability up to 100% and reduces noise substantially.

This technology basically consists of two elements. First of all, the rotors have a 3-layer sandwich structure of an aluminum core and two stainless steel outer layers; due to the higher heat dissipation of aluminum it reduces the rotor surface temperature with around 100 degrees. Secondly, the ICE TECHNOLOGIES brake pads that are recommended for trail riding feature aluminum cooling fins that can further improve the heat dissipation and reduce the brake-pad surface temperature by another 50 degrees.

These test results confirm that the tested brakes are suitable and completely safe to use for riding under extreme circumstances. ICE TECHNOLOGIES contributes a lot the lifetime of your system and the reliability and stability of your brake performance. Enjoy your ride!

The Ice-Tech brakes are ahead and do with stand the test under 1050 Watt. Three times as hard as required by DIN.

The Ice tech brakes work on a much lower temperature level than regular disc brake systems and do have practically no fading as you can see in the below chart.