Cable actuated hydraulic disc brakes

[ozboz]

Hiya , anyone fitted these type of brakes ? , my MTB frame change has turned into an almost everything change , so , discs are on the agenda , Ive just checked out the TRP Spyre HY - RD , reviews are sound , and appear to be a fairly hassle free installation , but always interested to find out what the word on the street is , so to speak,
Cheers ,

 

[classic33]

I've a set, in a box, somewhere. Went for full hydraulic brakes as I felt these were a bit fiddly, light under the hand as well.
Didn't really trust them in use.

 

[ozboz]

I've a set, in a box, somewhere. Went for full hydraulic brakes as I felt these were a bit fiddly, light under the hand as well.
Didn't really trust them in use.

Were they theTRP ones ?
If your not confident with them best to give em a swerve then ,

 

[goody]

They're OK on my CX bike but if you've got flat bars you're better off with full hydraulics which are probably cheaper.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

I really don't like the design of the TRPs, they just look to cumbersome and lop-sided.

I did consider Juin Tech R1 calipers for my last project (flat to drop bar conversion), but eventually went for full hydro, as it was cheaper in my case

The Juin Techs do get good reviews by the CX chaps - http://www.ukcyclocross.co.uk/reviews/review-juin-tech-r1-cablehydro-disc-brake-system/

 

[ozboz]

The Juin get a good review also cheaper , will def consider these ,
Cheers

 

[Jody]

Why not just run full hydraulic brakes? You can get a set of deore brakes for 60 quid or slx for 80ish.

 

[classic33]

Were they theTRP ones ?
If your not confident with them best to give em a swerve then ,

Forget the make, just didn't like the feel of them under the hand. Led to me not trusting them. Off within a month of having them fitted.

Don't let one persons experience with them stop you.

 

[ozboz]

Oh ! I didn't mean Id give them a swerve , it was more at you not being happy , one mans poison , so to speak

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Why bother?

 

[Jody]

Why bother?

Why not?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Why not?

Because they are/were an interim solution to a particular problem drop bars and disc brakes on road/cx bikes. For flat bars full hydraulics work fine. Full cable are ok too. For a drop bar mtb cable brakes like BB7 work fine. As they do on road bikes.

In short...

Because a thing can be done, and the tech exists to do it, doesn't mean it should be done.

 

[Cubist]

Because a thing can be done, and the tech exists to do it, doesn't mean it should be done.

 

[ozboz]

And there is no reason not to either, If I feel its worth it ,then i will go with it , I asked a question, some came back with answers , I thought that was what these forums were for ,

 

[GrumpyGregry]

And there is no reason not to either, If I feel its worth it ,then i will go with it , I asked a question, some came back with answers , I thought that was what these forums were for ,

What you do with your own beer tokens is, of course, your own affair, but if you ask questions in a forum you can expect a wide range of responses.

You asked a question
I asked a question
Someone else asked a question
Answers were given

You may feel it is worth it. Thousands of mtb-ers probably wouldn't. I'm one of the latter.