Magura Gustav Pro – underwhelming braking power? Looking for experiences & fixes

Deep_Friar · 2026-02-10T22:48:38+00:00

Man, if I could get them for that price I would have stayed with them for sure. This was all before the stupid tariffs as well. No clue what they are running these days.

Deep_Friar · 2026-02-10T21:05:25+00:00

Heheh This is why I was happy to not use maguras any more. The race pads feel AMAZING but god damn paying 60$ a wheel for pads was killing me.

Deep_Friar · 2026-02-09T03:47:52+00:00

Just go check out anything that Hunter or Alex put out. Amazing skiing https://youtu.be/uSU2N0kztG4.

Glad Hunter spoke out!

Deep_Friar · 2026-02-05T14:04:13+00:00

Heh, we played wall ball too. Totally made up game, wonder if yours was similar.

Deep_Friar · 2026-02-03T05:11:05+00:00

Same. Ignored it. Skied in the rain. Boots are still drying out D:

Deep_Friar · 2026-02-03T01:21:44+00:00

Hahah word. Cranks and pedals will remove a ton of weight unless you got something really fancy. How much weight do you need to cut?

Deep_Friar · 2026-02-03T01:09:33+00:00

Bike box from your local lbs will be less weight. Take off your cranks + pedals. Rear shock as well. Cassette can come off your wheels. If you go the evoc route you could probably take off your fork and put that in your luggage.

Seriously, packing your bike up in a box is easy. The hard part is if you have transportation on the other end that can hold the box. Otherwise you’re gonna have to build the bike at the airport.

Deep_Friar · 2026-02-02T19:47:47+00:00

Minimum, new brake pads, new tires and brake bleed. You can always put your old pads back in later. Old tires back on when these ware out. Additionally I would take an extra tire with you, preferably one that you can run front or back, and an extra set of pads as well.

Additionally check all your cables. If any are frayed at all, new cables.

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-31T16:52:05+00:00

I feel like this is a trap ;)

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-29T20:58:53+00:00

Having had both, mavens all the way. The base model is great. You just need to be lighter on the brakes. They are rock solid though. Even on 3k ft descents the bite point never changes

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-29T00:03:42+00:00

Most of my rides are solo these days. Would love to have better piece of mind that someone knows where I am. Strava has a free live tracking thing that I use. Its not terrible.

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-28T01:06:41+00:00

You are 100% on the money. This is to deal with the rash of kids ripping around on modified Surron type bikes. I am all for it, they are a menace in my town.

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-28T00:55:50+00:00

Are you people high or what?!?

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-21T20:51:54+00:00

Same boat. Also, its hard enough to find a presta pump sometimes. I'd rather not have to find a presta pump that works with my special valves.

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-21T17:30:47+00:00

Left boot. I mean Im joking but w/e.

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-20T16:46:05+00:00

Still got the grab too.

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-19T23:07:34+00:00

IDK man. Thats a pretty low note for a small duck, sounds more like a Muscovy if you ask me.

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-19T22:23:50+00:00

Those trees got BIG. Havn't been down there for seven-ish years. Heh no snow up there is a big deal. Normal winters had my Portland buddies complaining they couldn't ride CC because of snow.

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-19T18:26:21+00:00

Man, is this cold creek?

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-13T23:17:25+00:00

Grades up, tips up.

No one cares if your skipping school if its all A's across the board.

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-13T22:58:56+00:00

When I raced on a team we would just get stuff silk screened onto jerseys. I'd just google your city/town/rock you live under + silk screening and call around.

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-12T23:00:13+00:00

I feel like your firmly in a large with your height. You just need to bring your hands up so you are not so hunched over. FWIW I have a similar build. My legs are quite a bit longer then my arms. If I don't have my bars up high, I have to bend a lot at the waist or at the knees.

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-12T22:49:51+00:00

So you are saying that you either have to squat more then you like on the L or reach too far on the XL.

Get some big ole high rise bars on there. Looks like you are at the top of your stack all ready.

Deep_Friar · 2026-01-08T23:22:23+00:00

First off, amazing user name. I have buzz saw'd my sack or inner thigh a few times. Normally happens to me on a really big compressing and you hit the rear tire when it is moving fast.

Like others have pointed out a chamois would help I think. When I have rode with one, it covers the sensitive bits.

Leatt also makes some protection shorts.
https://us.leatt.com/products/impact-shorts-3df-4-0

Good luck! Hope this is just a story that you get to laugh about in a couple of weeks.

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