Hey All,
Currently building a steel 27.5+ trail HT and was considering a saint caliper up front to replace an existing XT caliper. I currently have an XC HT and a 140 travel dual... the HT has XT with finned resin pads and the dual has XT with resin finned on the rear and finned metal pads up front (I always thought they were both resin until now) the metals pads definitely give a bit more stopping power but I find that on very techy descents I am sometimes lacking power up front.
I was under the impression that metal pads were grabby and noisier than resin but I can't say I've noticed anything more than some additional stopping power.
What would Saint calipers be like on a trail bike? for those using Saint, do you stick with metal or change them out to resin pads?
Cheers
CC
Currently building a steel 27.5+ trail HT and was considering a saint caliper up front to replace an existing XT caliper. I currently have an XC HT and a 140 travel dual... the HT has XT with finned resin pads and the dual has XT with resin finned on the rear and finned metal pads up front (I always thought they were both resin until now) the metals pads definitely give a bit more stopping power but I find that on very techy descents I am sometimes lacking power up front.
I was under the impression that metal pads were grabby and noisier than resin but I can't say I've noticed anything more than some additional stopping power.
What would Saint calipers be like on a trail bike? for those using Saint, do you stick with metal or change them out to resin pads?
Cheers
CC
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