Hi will try to use as many irritating phrases as possible. About to pull the trigger on new gnarpoon DH rig from Germany and wondering if I should immediately swap out the guide r brakes in my cockpit , probably for zee? If I don’t will I die?

loving the new colorway !

Guide R on my Spesh Enduro. Ridiculously powerful. They are 4 pot brakes. I’d say they’re better than my Saints on my DH bike.

Ta do you need to bleed them often? Standard pads ? No squealing ?

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Ta do you need to bleed them often? Standard pads ? No squealing ?

8 months old, never bled. Mix of standard pads, Uberbike and Superstar with no squealing at all.

Mine squeal like a bastard until warmed up.

Psikkk.

I had Guide R’s on my Demo, but have just swapped them for Guide RSC’s because they have a slightly nicer lever feel. The R’s were good though and led to me buying RSC’s for my trail bike.

They’re great brakes. Mine came out of the factory with a poor bleed and felt much better after I bleed them. They will need more TLC than shimano but IMHO they perform better than Saints.

If I were buying again I’d consider the RS version for a better quality lever but R does the job fine.

Ta all

I’m just thinking about bleeding my rear, after 12 months. Hasn’t been ridden that much for about three of those… so probably every 9 months, maybe. Have bene faultless, really. I went for the RS because the lever feels a bit nicer.

surroundedbyhills was bemoaning his were suddenly not all that great this week – and was thinking of swapping out.

perhaps if I shout his username….

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I’ve got a set of the RS version on my Whyte. Great brakes- powerful and lots of modulation. Much better control over the XTs. A year old and gone through a few set of pads, but still feel perfect and consistent.

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/sram-guide-brakes-2

My question and other answers…

I changed the pads to Uberbike Sintered, bit noisier in the wet (last night) but quietened down once warmed up. The clearance on the pads is slim, very slim esp compared to Shimano but I do like the power and softer feel (I know this is called modulation but “softer feel” is well, just how they feel!) Interestingly I have shimano slx on my hardtail with a mix of Shimano pads and Uberbike and the noise is ridiculous a HOOOOOOWWWAAALLL!

Guide RS on my Capra and they are great brakes.

Not as well made as Hopes (what are?) but powerful and great modulation

The Guides on my YT Tues have been doing well in the French Alps so far this week.

Brought a pair of Hope M4 tech evos out expecting to have to swap them over but so far I’ve had no issues with the stock brake set.

Standard pads in them?

standard for the first couple of days, the back pair started to look a bit thin so swapped them out for a pair of Gorilla sintered which did just as good a job.