1. These days I am tippin the scale at around 235, and the bike is another 42.5, so all in we are looking around 277.5#.1) how much do you + your bike weigh (fatty on a fat bike?)
2) What kind of terrain are you riding (super steep, short and flat, extended runs, ?)
3) Your intended use (DH Race, shuttling, freeriding?)
2. I ride a lot of different things through out a season. Everything from top to bottom Whistler runs to short race runs on the East Coast.
3. Used for DH race, lift assisted and shuttle runs on the big bike.
With the way I ride, and with how I have them set up, I have been very, very happy with my Gustavs. The only reason I am switching to the new Saint stuff next season is due to the ability to find replacement parts on the cheap and on the quick. I blew a rotor this year at Northstar doing something stupid, and I had to monkey fix it for the next day as no one in either Tahoe or Reno carried the right rotor. Same thing with pads, Gustav pads are hard to come by and are not cheap.
I've ridden the proto of the 2009 Saint on some local trails, I thought they were great. Are they right for everyone? Not really. Will they work great to stop my one man Tour De Fat as I am comin down the hill? I think they will.
Its all how you like your stuff, too damn subjective in my opinion to say "well what the best?"