I bought a Spesh Roubaix on the forum in 2024. Lovely bike but ashamed to admit I've hardly ridden it, and not at all this year. When I got it I did a very basic service, basically sanding the pad faces where they'd hardened from lack of use, cleaning and lubing the drivetrain and generally making sure that things operated.
I want to fettle it a bit more with the aim to ride it more this year. New pads, new cables (especially brake ones), ideally new cassette with a lower bottom gear.
Shifting is fine, braking seems fine though the cable pull feels gritty. Unusually for this forum I'm very used to the feel of hydraulic brakes and totally unused to rim brakes!
The brakes do stop well but need more pull than the hydro discs, I imagine that's to be expected but I'm sure the smoothness of the pull could be improved. The levers almost feel like there's 4 or 5 mini stops before the pads bite.
It's got 10 speed 105 brifters and derailleur, 11-30 cassette, Tiagra 50/34 chainset and calipers. Cables are labelled Jagwire CEX.
What pads should I get?
What's the right kind of cable?
What's the largest cassette I can fit without changing the rear mech?
I want to fettle it a bit more with the aim to ride it more this year. New pads, new cables (especially brake ones), ideally new cassette with a lower bottom gear.
Shifting is fine, braking seems fine though the cable pull feels gritty. Unusually for this forum I'm very used to the feel of hydraulic brakes and totally unused to rim brakes!
The brakes do stop well but need more pull than the hydro discs, I imagine that's to be expected but I'm sure the smoothness of the pull could be improved. The levers almost feel like there's 4 or 5 mini stops before the pads bite.It's got 10 speed 105 brifters and derailleur, 11-30 cassette, Tiagra 50/34 chainset and calipers. Cables are labelled Jagwire CEX.
What pads should I get?
What's the right kind of cable?
What's the largest cassette I can fit without changing the rear mech?
