Originally Posted by
Racing Dan
Thanks all. Very helpful. Ill give the pro kit a go. Modifying the spring looks interesting if somewhat involved. It is true tho, the spring is very stiff, for no apparent reason. TRP should rethink their strategy. Mandating proper compression free housing at the OEM level and a softer spring would go a long way saving the end user from a lot of frustration.
I don’t have Spyres but I do have Spykes on a couple of bikes. The Spyres are just Spykes with a different arm on them. I’ve never found any problem with them. I don’t find them to have a particularly strong or weak spring. I don’t run compressionless housing nor do I feel the need. I don’t run compressionless housing on any of my disc brakes and never felt that the brakes didn’t work properly.
Originally Posted by
veganbikes
Yeah TRP should mandate better stuff but then again all the manufacturers should stop being so cheap and use better parts especially in the case of cables and housing for Fox (with Kashima coating) sake.
It’s not the manufacturer being cheap, it’s the consumer. Paul Klampers are better brakes than TRP but I doubt most people would pay twice as much for them. I have 3 of them (1 pair on a bike and one bike with a disc front). Great brakes but I can’t really say they work 2 times better than the TRPs I have.