So I bled the stock SRAM Guide RSC brakes on Friday night. Lever is very nice now. But long downhills I get a lot of brake fade.
What rotors and pads do you all recommend?
I bled my G2 RSC rear brake last weekend, cleaned the piston edges, and installed new pads.
My lever was fine before bleeding, but some pistons wouldn't retract and I was getting a lot of drag.
Stock pads were organic and wore quickly. After this recent bleed, I switched to SRAM Metallic pads. I did a very thorough job bedding-in the new pads, and during the process the brakes howled a bit, so I was afraid they would be noisy on the trails after each stream crossing.
Fortunately, the new metallic pads performed very well at Stephen's SP, and they did not make any noise after getting wet from 3 or 4 stream crossings.
SRAM recommends switching pad material when switching rotors, but I didn't. I am using SRAM Centerline 180mm center lock rotors.