Originally Posted by
Msteven
Just to confirm the experience of a few others in this post:
Saint 4-piston front and rear with full metallic/sintered shimano pads
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ST-R785 brifters
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Magura "MDR-P" E-bike floating 203 discs
Best combination of braking I have experienced in 20 years, including long downhills with constant brake application. Even after 10 minutes of dragging the brakes, the stopping power at the bottom of hill is excellent.
additionally, the e-bike floating rotors do not warp significantly and only rub lightly and for a minute or so after heavy use.
Thats great! Thanks for letting us all know!
Good to see the new Magura discs being put to the test on a tandem. I have not seen them being used on a tandem before.
It's also interesting to see that the Saint calipers work with the ST-R785 STI's. The fact that they seem to work well with the 8000, 7000 and the 785 STI's indicates that they use the same/ a similar piston design.
It would be cool if the upcoming 12 speed STI's remain compatible with the SAINT calipers. That would make a really sweet, electronic 2x 12 wide gear range setup of STIs combined with a XT/ XTR derailleur.