carvegybe
Well-Known Member
So I got my dream bike in November and I freakin' love this thing. It is orgasm on wheels. The bike also marks a complete switch from everything Shimano to everything Sram. But I don't want to turn this into another Shimano vs Sram debate. But what I do wonder about is the brakes. I love the XT brakes on my old bike. I hear people say SRAM brakes have "more modulation". To me that's French for "brakes suck". I had all the modulation I needed with Shimano plus the bite when I needed it. I'll add I'm comparing Shimano XT 2-piston against SRAM G2 4-piston brakes. Same rotor size in the front and the bite just isn't there.
I just changed the pads from resin to semi-metallic (riding in the wet a lot)...hoping this will be a cheaper fix but I fear it won't be. The new bike cost me a lot of cash and initially I thought I'm not upgrading anything anymore but after 200 miles on the new bike I'm thinking that having a dream bike with $hit brakes isn't very orgasmic.
The only thing I can imagine is my fault is that I didn't do that thing when the brakes are new that you ride up and down a hill to heat up the brakes and wear them in. But I also didn't do that with the Shimano kit and it worked perfectly.
Predict my future. Am I buying Shimano brakes?
I just changed the pads from resin to semi-metallic (riding in the wet a lot)...hoping this will be a cheaper fix but I fear it won't be. The new bike cost me a lot of cash and initially I thought I'm not upgrading anything anymore but after 200 miles on the new bike I'm thinking that having a dream bike with $hit brakes isn't very orgasmic.
The only thing I can imagine is my fault is that I didn't do that thing when the brakes are new that you ride up and down a hill to heat up the brakes and wear them in. But I also didn't do that with the Shimano kit and it worked perfectly.
Predict my future. Am I buying Shimano brakes?