• Cool, TRP are half the price so that's my prejudice. Do you have any other mini v recommendations as the Shimano ones seem hard to find these days?

  • The TRP CX9/8.4 mini-v brakes are very nice, but rather spenny. I've never used them, but I suspect the Tektro 926AL brakes are 95% as good for 25% of the price.

  • any other mini v recommendations

    TRP are fine but needlessly expensive next to the Shimano ones. Tektro 926 is functional but a substantial drop in quality of design and execution.

    German shops are usually a good bet for Shimano non-series and touring parts, Bike24 have black 353s in stock https://www.bike24.com/p2168610.html
    It's worth getting the XT shoes https://www.bike24.com/p223508.html while you're at it as the moulded-t0-the-bolt pads are the main thing which makes the Sora worse than the Tiagra/105 level brakes.

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