You're right that the brakes and cranks do leave something to be desired, but neither of those things you mentioned would push me to get a 50 (which only has a ONE better brake). Pulling a page out of your book, last year or so I sold a giant man with a previous generation growler running the same or similar enough brakes a set of SLX RT76 rotors and E01S pads. The idea was that they'd be a solid upgrade, and he'd need the better rotors if he wanted to upgrade the brakes in the future anyway (because we both know its a cardinal sin to pair RT-66's with high end brakes). He was pretty happy and never ended up upgrading the whole brake line (and for perspective - he also owned a sweet Transition with some high end stoppers too). I'd go there first here as well.
You're right about grenading the crank/bb of the 40 though. Might happen even faster down on the coast where you are. I think it probably would last up here for at least a decent amount of time unless the rider was super heavy/aggressive off the bat.
May 14, 2020, 9:06 a.m. - Lu Kz
You're right that the brakes and cranks do leave something to be desired, but neither of those things you mentioned would push me to get a 50 (which only has a ONE better brake). Pulling a page out of your book, last year or so I sold a giant man with a previous generation growler running the same or similar enough brakes a set of SLX RT76 rotors and E01S pads. The idea was that they'd be a solid upgrade, and he'd need the better rotors if he wanted to upgrade the brakes in the future anyway (because we both know its a cardinal sin to pair RT-66's with high end brakes). He was pretty happy and never ended up upgrading the whole brake line (and for perspective - he also owned a sweet Transition with some high end stoppers too). I'd go there first here as well. You're right about grenading the crank/bb of the 40 though. Might happen even faster down on the coast where you are. I think it probably would last up here for at least a decent amount of time unless the rider was super heavy/aggressive off the bat.