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Cable discs are ok, not the best but usually good enough. I have an arthritic thing in my fingers so hydro’s help because I’m not obliged to squeeze the hell out of the brakes if I really need to stop.
Totally agree about tapered fork
Brother do a straight steerer fork for reasonable money
https://www.brothercycles.com/shop/forks/kepler-all-road-carbon-fork/
Alf0nse
Rik_Van_Looy
Cool, thanks that seems to be the way of things.
same story re: tapered steerer
I weigh <70kg and ride slow so there's no way I'll need the boef of a 1.5" steerer tube.
Tapered steerer is essential not for performance but to avoid obsolescence.
re: Hydro disc - I ride single pivot calipers in the mountains so my standards/expectations are very low indeed and cable disc should be fine from a performance perspective.
My only reservation then is with disc-faff.
Are low-maintenance cable discs a thing?