Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
Does the frame manufacturer have any suggestions on brakes?
Yes, after having a discussion with them, they provided us with these 5 options and we should choose depending on budget and preference.
Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
Rim brakes put less stress on a frame than disc brakes. The disc brake mounting point is a high stress point.
Their default setup is equipped and tested with hydraulic disc brakes. The last couple they had that toured 10,000 km+ from Europe to China used Magura HS33 (front + back). But we personally just wanted to also benefit from disc brakes and didn't want to pay extra for the special mount and then be stuck with Magura's once we're back to Europe after the trip.
They are still pretty young and their typical clients don't take the bikes to remote locations in South America and Southeast Asia (even though they had 2 or 3 successful around the world travellers already). They are called my Boo (and that's the bike: bit.ly/2KWFAnW) and want to produce more sustainable and fair-produced bikes, so they are slowly replacing more and more parts of the bike with more sustainable parts.