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I’m looking at XT 8020 twinpots anything else worth considering?
300lbs here. always used avid bb7 with 200mm rotors.
good for offroad and loaded touring.
although I did once have some 200mm saints. just awesome
Very early days but I weigh 100kg and have just switched from 180/160mm rotors with SLX 2 Pots to 200/180mm rotors on XT 4 Pots. The power increase is quite substantial!
Love my zees
I’d go with, any brakes, but 200mm rotors.
I’m a little lighter than you, but not much, and find old SLX brakes with 180/160 rotors plenty, even when bikepacking.
I have 200/180 on the ebike as it’s heavier, and also i weighed more when I bought it.
Bigger rotors will make more of a difference than going up a couple of models on the caliper.
If you’re struggling to stop easily on 200mm rotors, there’s something else wrong ime.
Hope V4’s?
Pretty much any 4 Pot stoppers with big discs combo you like/can afford will be reet.
Zee's with 203mm / 180mm disc setup on the full susser hauls my lardy, 100kg ass to a halt as good as anything I've found. Likewise, the 180mm / 160mm disked Formula Cura's on my hardtail are also sweet, so...
I'd consider the deore 4 pots for a lot less cash, and probably very little less bang...
but end up being a tart and getting XT....
except I have delusions of grandeur, and run saints...
Big rotors, but you don't need to get anything special at the caliper IME - although obv something like a DH brake will give you more stopping power if you like that feeling.
If bb7s, which are rubbish, are stopping ton fully loaded then that tells you all you need to know.
I'm 105kgs and have Magura MT Trail sports on my Solaris, Hope V4's on my Meta AM, and Shimano cable disc brakes with compressionless cable outers on my road/gravel bike. They all stop me fine.
Deore 4 pots are pretty good - better when you put Saint sintered pads in. I run these with 203mm discs.
If you want the next level up then try Zees.
JP
360lbs here... Zees with 200mm rotors and Uber orange pads have been stopping me with ease for a few years now. (any shimano 4 pot witb 200mm rotors should see you fine)
Had hope v4s before and other than the slight difference in lever feel, they were equally as good although needed more maintenance if that bothers you.
100kg here and I have Magura MT trails on the full suss and MT5s on the hardtail, no problems stopping.
Before that I had Formula the ones which were ridiculously powerful.
I’ve got Slx with 200mm / 180mm rotors at the moment.
They are ok but a bit squishy even after bleeding. I also want better hose routing that works for the chainstay routing on my frame.
I actually really like BB7s and have some on other bikes. I really want to try Paul Klampers but they won’t route well on a chainstay routing frame.
I think I’ll go XT over Deore because I can use the banjo to adjust the routing a little.
I'm about 110 Kg fully loaded and use XT with 203 front and 180 rear disks.
180/200 disc on front.
'Big old unit' here, running 203mm front and rear with Shimano XT 4-pots and the braking power is pleasingly facially rearranging.
No point unless you're running fairly grippy tyres though.
Zees + 203/180 rotors w/ sintered pads upfront + decent tyres
XT with 180s on the normal bike
Zee with 203s on the DH bike
Guide RS's here. More than powerful enough to haul me up.
Hope v4 with trickstuff pads here. About 115kg kited up.
I just checked my Five has done 2200 miles with me on board 95kg without kit over 3 or 4 years
Stopping me has been the faithful M4s - still got good bite / modulation and overall power
Have only needed new pads and the rear bleeding / cleaning once!
Another in the Big & Heavy Club.
I was fine on Hope Tech X2 with 183mm rotors on my 26" with 2.3" tyres. I've since gone to 27.5" x 3" on my Stooge, braking was OKish, but not great in the tight tech stuff, swapped to 203mm rotors front and rear. More than adequate now. On fast descents if I forget and grab a handful of brake it's like dropping an anchor.
I'd go bigger rotors first, then if need be brakes.
My Shimano 4 pot brakes (mixture of Saint and Zee) slow my 115kgs pretty quick. Long sustained descents in the Alps have not showed any weaknesses yet. Not tried the Deore, or XT 4pots, but imagine they are pretty similar.
Paired with 200mm discs on the front, i have them on the front of all my bikes, not just the DH type.
I use Hope E4s on both my current bikes now. I am about 85kg, but if fluctuates as I eat too much and don't always exercise enough.
Full suss has 203mm/180mm and hardtail 200mm/160mm. The hardtail was in the Alps for 2 days last September and the rear got a bit hot, probably as a result of me riding like a douche and not letting go of the rear brake enough.
My old xc hardtail has 180mm Shimano front and rear and does fine on basic Deore brakes. As above, I would go bigger discs first and then look at the brakes.
Guide RE’s. Specced on a lot of e-bikes because they’re ace. Based on what a lot of riders were mixing, guide lever/code calliper. Nothing more powerful for the money.
Another of the big and heavy club - and another one saying go big on the rotors - seems to make loads of difference. I am on 2 pot XT 8000 but run 203 front and 180n rear on both bikes. Tyre grip is a bigger issue now - Minion DHR2 on the back for braking is insane if a little unfriendly to the path!