Brakes don’t work

[C R]

@Ming the Merciless on point, albeit quick on the trigger to assess this, only 24 hours after the OP.

Monty - I try to be helpful, but this 'fire and forget' undermines my motivation so to be.
What's your view on whether mechanical disc brakes are pants? Add value.
I am about to move from rim brakes to mechanical discs. This will allow me to stay with my cheap and effective STIs as opposed to hydraulic STIs ?3x as expensive. To mitigate the risk of inadequate performance/adjustment difficulty, I have TRP Spyres to fit.


What I'd be intrigued to know, so I can spot the John Notts who might be here today and be 'gone' by tomorrow (1982 reference), is how you identified them as a "shoot and run " new member so swiftly?
Three weeks on, Pat's 'back burner' must surely be out of fuel.
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I have trp spyres in my road bike, and I am happy with them. The main issue is fit, the rear one is very close to the spokes, as the body is quite wide.

 

[Dogtrousers]

@Ming the Merciless on point, albeit quick on the trigger to assess this, only 24 hours after the OP.

Or a self-fulfilling prophecy? I mean, after a welcome like that would you log in again?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

My cable discs on my Tour de Fer are great. They are used by world travelling tourers precisely because they are easily serviceable. Loaded or unloaded they work. Changing pads and cables is simple.

But mine (same bike) were pants, life's a mystery

 

[Oldhippy]

It is indeed @Pat "5mph"