Bizkit031 Posted June 20, 2016 Posted June 20, 2016 If you are located in Germany does this mean you were riding an Alpine trail in Europe? If you are doing big descents like that regularly you probably need to upgrade to bigger brakes and maybe even a trail oriented bike. I run 200mm front and 180mm at the back with SLX brakes. I have never had an overheating situation as you describe despite infrequent maintenance and using the brakes a bit on very long alpine descents last year. I am 1.88 and 87kg. Bigger rotors make a huge difference and that's probably your cheapest solution, along with a brake bleed. I took my Slx rotors off and put 180mm front and rear XT ice techs with finned pads and they work like a bomb. I am 1.92 and 100kg,but maybe learn not to use your brakes????
gummibear Posted June 20, 2016 Posted June 20, 2016 This ⤴️⤴️⤴️⤴️Yup....resin pads just melt with riders over 75kg and 180mm rotors cool pretty fast.
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