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@O'Shane
Because people think that a hydraulic would be too expensive to replace. The hoses would kink too easily and also you can't run a dual brake hydraulic as nobody's tried to make one.
Braided hoses don't kink easily, parts aren't massively expensive to replace and if I had the money then I would make a dual lever. I don't rate cable discs at all - I would prefer a set of v-brakes. New hydraulic brakes have bite adjustment so setting up front/rear bias would be quite easy.