I have both too. RSC for 4 years on my normal bike. R for 2 months now on ebike which is getting the most use. If I don’t look at them, they feel the same to me and bleed the same.
Maybe I’ve been lucky, but in the 4 years we be had the RSCs other than change pads I’ve not touched them...
Err, that is a code on a pros bike, as you stated yourself.
I have Code R’s and I follow video. Only difference is I have no bite point adjuster, and I pressurise calliper at and to give the bite I want.
Im on a 26kg ebike and 95kgs and ride mainly, not trail. And I can lock the wheels...
What are these ‘lever to the bar’ comments?
If it does it straight after a bleed, then you haven’t done it properly.
I follow this.
At the end I pressurise calliper to give desired bit point.
Then the bite point has quite a short lever throw with no pad dragging, and they are strong as fcuk...
I have RSC’s on my park bike and now R’s on my ebike. They are both fantastic brakes and do exactly what they are designed for.
Most issues will be down to how they are setup and maintained. If you can’t maintain the set you have, then buying a new set is not necessarily going to solve the...