When a brake from Sram works, it's a real winner: High braking power with bite, good modulation, and the Code brakes, for example, have often worked formidably. However, with the X01 Trail stopper, for example, there could be problems during operation - more precisely with the stability or fading. Frequent bleeding is then the result, and Sram's Taperbore technology ensures that bleeding can be a tricky business.

This should now all be history with the new G2 brake generation. This is the successor to the Guide and comes in the G2 Ultimate and G2 RSC versions. Both use DOT fluid as the braking medium to move the four brake pistons and have a stiffer brake calliper design, which is intended to transfer more braking power to the rotor. Also on board is a new brake pad called "Power", which is organic in nature and is once again responsible for more braking power.