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Hannah checks out the new SRAM G2 brakes. Replacing the Guide brakes and now available in Ultimate and RSC models only, both come with tool free adjustment.
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feel that
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7% I am a mortal re
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[Music]
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Revolution hi I'm Hannah from single
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track and I'm here with the new G2
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brakes from Shram launched today these
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replace the fora guide brakes and they
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come now in two models the G2 ultimate
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which I have here and the G2
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RSC both have two points of toolfree
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adjustment so that's kind of the big
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news from a consumer point of view is
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that there's only two models in the
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range now and both of them have this
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tool free
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adjustment the G2 ultimate comes in at
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265 an end and the RSC is
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£170 with a 13 G weight difference
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between the two is
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claimed it's only about 20 less for the
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RSC uh than the former RSC but it is
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still bringing you this 2 uh point
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adjustment in it at a slightly cheaper
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price so you've got this here which will
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adjust how close the lever is to the bar
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and then this one here will adjust how
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close your pad is so that you've got the
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bite point adjustment so I like to have
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my levers a little bit closer in even
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though my hands aren't that small and I
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like to have a much sharper bite point
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on my rear brake than I do on the
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front it's definitely a case of
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evolution rather than re Revolution
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Evolution Revolution whichever you like
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we've got some small changes in here uh
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you get a carbon lever with your um
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ultimate as well um and then some more
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small changes down in the calipers so
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the calipers have been slightly adjusted
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to give a stiffer uh feeling breake more
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power more direct
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transfer um and also the same level of
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heat dissipation and heat management as
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previous guide
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brakes they've also introduced if you
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can see in here a new pad compound so
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that gray backed compound is the power
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organic compound which is designed to be
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more powerful than just the former
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organic compound alone so that gives you
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with the new break and caliper design an
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extra 7% of claimed power now I am a
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mortal I'm not sure I can tell you that
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I can feel that 7% of power however in
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the few rides that I have had out I can
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say that these are certainly still very
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good brakes the former guides were
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certainly some of my favorite Brakes in
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the market because I really appreciate
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this toolfree reach adjust and these
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brakes have the same kind of confident
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feeling um and a nice flexible setup um
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of the previous guide
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so before we can give you a real
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long-term review on them we'll have to
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ride them a lot more uh definitely take
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them out in some grit and some wet which
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sadly we've not been blessed with the
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last few days that we've had these
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breaks so that's quick overview of the
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new G2 break from Shram stay tuned and
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we'll let you know how we get on with
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them over the longer term thank you
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