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Is this a commonly held opinion? I'm very interested in the idea of hydraulics but note the ~£70 added cost compared to S500s, good cables, and Spyres which offer similar performance (60kg rider) and ease of setup. I've only every ridden cantis and never had any mud in the cable issues with them but had terrible problems with mud in my rear shifter cable when running a 1x10 setup which resulted in me being stuck in the 12T and having to abandon a race. How to mechanical discs fair with regards to this and what cables do people recommend?