SRAM releases non crappy hydraulic brakes

"CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)" (ccpbb) 04/01/2016 at 16:52 • Filed to: None

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Our goal with our new Guide brakes is to provide an hydraulic braking system for mountain bikes that only takes 10 minutes to bleed (compared to the Elixirs that took 4 hours) and don’t feel spongy! In fact we just bought Shimano brake technology, had some DOT4 lying around, stripped all the logos off, and pasted our own.

Inside joke for all the cyclists in Oppo.

promoted by the color red > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) 04/01/2016 at 16:56

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V-BRAKE MASTER RACE

RallyWrench > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) 04/01/2016 at 17:13

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Funny, a friend of mine just had her Guides act up yesterday, some manufacturing defect. This is why I keep nursing along the old Juicy 7's on my Kona, they’re great. Noisy as shit, but they just take a beating and stop hard. They’ve seen their last rebuild though, so I’ll have to change to something else come time.

I can never get a good lever feel out of the XOs on my other bike either. It’ll last for a bit, then go mushy, no matter how good a bleed I get. They were bro-deal brakes so I can’t really complain, but they’re not very confidence inspiring. There’s a SRAM office here, and if those guys didn’t have to ride company product, they’d be on Shimanos too. I really want a set of Saints.

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) 04/01/2016 at 17:27

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I have read too many bad stories about hydraulic brakes and bicycles..

lonestranger > promoted by the color red 04/01/2016 at 17:42

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I went straight from a ‘92 Marin with cantilevers to an ‘06 Kona with juice discs, skipping V-brakes entirely.

nafsucof > RallyWrench 04/02/2016 at 06:09

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Never been happier than my hayes

nafsucof > ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper 04/02/2016 at 06:10

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Like what? I've never had an issue in 12 years?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) 04/06/2016 at 09:36

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The only people who like their sram hydro’s are riding the Guide’s or Guide R’s. I’ve been on XT hydro’s for about 7 years and have never had one single problem.