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Struggle to justify it given the cost. Already got levers, so spyres and yokozuna compressionless is cheaper than one hylex lever

I second hydro .. but if you've got lever already it makes sense .. ebay spyres then.

sram levers + spyre + decent pads + yokozuna = costs more than a full hydro shimano set up

Levers are SCR 5s i think. Should work fine with Spyres right?

yep standard road short pull .. if you are saving up for full hydro just go even cheaper and BB7 or something, install it well with decent pads.

saving up for full hydro

Thats a long way off. If I ever feel I need gears any time soon it'll be 8 speed with a bar end shifter on the drops (already have cassette and shifter). As long as Spyres arent total shit I cant see myself wanting to drop 600+ on an 11 speed hydro groupset

if you find a cheap pair of spyres let me know as well ;)

In order; HY/RD, BB7s then Spyres.

Spyres have suffer some quality control like the BB7s, some of them set up perfectly but occasionally some whose ball bearing felt really grindy.

Main advantages of BB7 is being able to aligned it on frame whose mount is poorly faced.

Nvm - ground is well covered now.

I'd still go for Hylex as they're pretty idiot proof, I brought mine years ago and it still have yet to be bleed (it come fully bleed), despite having a slightly too long rear housing, it been pretty reliable.

Anyone know if the Mason Aperture 2 fork is available seperately?

Haven't used the hyper system yet, but hydraulic disc brakes are just on a different planet. Not in power, but the modulation is amazing, I hardly ever lock up my rear wheel (unintentional)

I kinda like a long stroke on the rear

BB7 have a fixed pad dont they? Why couldnt you align Spyres on poorly faced mount?

I had BB7 Mountain on the Pompetamine, and have had BB7 Road on my Dirty Disco for the last couple of years. Maybe not the lightest or prettiest, but have been perfectly reliable and stoppable for me.

Edit:
Pompetamine - Flat bars, Avid levers.
Dirty Disco - Drops, Shimano 105 levers.

Cause BB7 have this Tri-align system that allow full adjustment, whether the majority of disc calipers doesn't, like the Spyres.

The single fixed pads mean that it's noticably lighter to modulated compared to the dual arm of the Spyres.

I wax lyrical about BB7s because I tend to have good experiences with them, especially with SCR-5 and Yokozuna Reaction, but other may not.

I also like Spyres but I find them equally temperamentive as the BB7s on customer's bike.

Spyres work well and are easy to set up. BB7s are heavy & fiddly to set up. BB7s can, to sum things up, gtfo, suck my balls, etc. I hate them. At least the ones I've been swearing at AGAIN for an hour due to pad rub because something wasn't exactly the same after changing tyres on the bike.

Looks fast! Also, crankset suits the build nicely.

welded a rack for my new beater bike today :)

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thanks !
nice build man

How do Shimano CX77s compare?

Why the wingnuts? Are you dismantling it regularly?

Adding to the BB7s talk i have them on my tourer and i like them. They've been fine even with a fully loaded bike. They do fucking squeal when it rains but still work. They'd be more than fine on a cross bike, not like you're going to be descending cols?

Even badly set up they're still so much better than caliper brakes

Anyone know if a Surly Disc trucker fork will clear a 180mm rotor? Currently the brake caliper hits the spokes when running 650b and 160mm rotor in the 700c fork with TRP Spyres.