I upgraded from 500LX to those Magura HS33's in '97 when I lived near the alps - I seriously rate Magura the hard pads last forever and if you set them up decently and bleed them once in a while, they're pretty much maintenance free - you need the quick release adaptors to get the wheels off.
(The titanium brace was from a guy at Mercedes F1 who was running a crafty side business on their their CNC mill).
I upgraded from 500LX to those Magura HS33's in '97 when I lived near the alps - I seriously rate Magura the hard pads last forever and if you set them up decently and bleed them once in a while, they're pretty much maintenance free - you need the quick release adaptors to get the wheels off.
(The titanium brace was from a guy at Mercedes F1 who was running a crafty side business on their their CNC mill).