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Cable operated hydraulic calipers are an evolutionary dead end.
Personally, I don’t understand why you’d purposefully choose to not have hydraulic brakes. They perform better and require less maintenance once set up.
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Cable operated hydraulic calipers are an evolutionary dead end.
I guess they were for people with mechanical brifters that wanted hydro discs. I really don’t get people that spec Them on a flat bar build or anything that could have had full hydro.
They seem like the worst of both worlds.
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Cable operated hydraulic calipers are an evolutionary dead end.
I dunno; aside from working with cable brifters, the tiny contained hydraulic system basically needs zero maintenance, right? And the major drawback of cable discs is the frequency of adjusting for pad wear. Seems like a pretty good idea to me; I was a hydraulic service technician for about as many years as I was a bike mechanic, and IMO hydraulic brakes on a bike can fuck right off. Hybrid calipers don't count because you never need to see the oil. Cables are lovely. You can see whatever's wrong with them at a glance; no problems can hide.
M_V
Kimmo
Reason behind this is that I'm putting together a groad bike. It's going to be the complete opposite of my road bike, so no electronic gears, minimal carbon etc... got me thinking, do I need hydro brakes? I've been looking at Juin Tech and TRP HY/RD.