Originally Posted by
jrickards
Are there better quality road style mechanical disc brakes that I could consider?
Definitely. Some have a U-shaped arm the cable attaches to that actuates both pads. The model I'm thinking of (can't remember the brand) also has adjustment of each pad via 3mm allen key. IMO these offer performance which is almost as good as hydraulic, without all the bother and unreliability - cables don't leak.