Another great review Andrew. My bike came with the Shimano 420 4 piston brakes. They seem to have plenty of power, but I've been wanting to put SLX brakes on because... I don't know... they'd just be better? I'm a heavy rider and so I need higher end components?
Any idea what is gained moving from the 420 series to Deore? More power, lighter system, magical forces that will prevent me from going over cliffs?
And I'm wondering from a min-max perspective, what does one get moving from an RT66 rotor, to the XT level RT86 Icetech rotor? The XT rotors are well over double, and I'm wondering how often or what kind of riding would lead me to think "I wish I had a higher series brake and/or an icetech rotor?
Sept. 28, 2020, 11:51 a.m. - Wile_E.
Another great review Andrew. My bike came with the Shimano 420 4 piston brakes. They seem to have plenty of power, but I've been wanting to put SLX brakes on because... I don't know... they'd just be better? I'm a heavy rider and so I need higher end components? Any idea what is gained moving from the 420 series to Deore? More power, lighter system, magical forces that will prevent me from going over cliffs? And I'm wondering from a min-max perspective, what does one get moving from an RT66 rotor, to the XT level RT86 Icetech rotor? The XT rotors are well over double, and I'm wondering how often or what kind of riding would lead me to think "I wish I had a higher series brake and/or an icetech rotor?