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Forum: General Cycling Discussion

02-09-23, 11:37 AM

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Hydraulic Vs mechanical brakes

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Posted By cyccommute

Again, as someone who has actually done...

Again, as someone who has actually done maintenance on hydraulic disc brakes, the maintenance issue is what dissuaded me from using hydraulics.

The touchiness of the brakes didn’t do much for me...

Forum: General Cycling Discussion

02-09-23, 11:32 AM

Replies: 278

Hydraulic Vs mechanical brakes

Views: 8,207

Posted By cyccommute

How about an opinion from someone who doesn’t...

How about an opinion from someone who doesn’t have confirmational bias and works hard not to fall into that trap? If someone told me that disc brakes are “no hassle”, I most certainly would ignore...

Forum: General Cycling Discussion

01-31-23, 11:34 AM

Replies: 278

Hydraulic Vs mechanical brakes

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Posted By cyccommute

My problem with the complexity of the bleed...

My problem with the complexity of the bleed procedure is that there are more places where you can screw something up and have to start over or to screw something up and have to replace something. ...

Forum: General Cycling Discussion

01-31-23, 11:27 AM

Replies: 278

Hydraulic Vs mechanical brakes

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Posted By cyccommute

I’ll remind you, again, that exculio is the one...

I’ll remind you, again, that exculio is the one who brought up frozen brakes and his fears of them. Many other posters…not just me…are scratching their heads over that one. As to calling me out on...

Forum: General Cycling Discussion

01-31-23, 11:22 AM

Replies: 278

Hydraulic Vs mechanical brakes

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Posted By cyccommute

No, they aren’t. Use better cables. Use better...

No, they aren’t. Use better cables. Use better housing. As well as never having had brakes freeze, I’ve never had a cable corrode. It’s not just “a matter of time”. It’s a poor mechanic indeed...

Forum: General Cycling Discussion

01-30-23, 05:39 PM

Replies: 278

Hydraulic Vs mechanical brakes

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Posted By cyccommute

Don’t think so. First, not all modern brakes are...

Don’t think so. First, not all modern brakes are Shimano. Second, with regard to the implying that mechanicals are death traps, elcruxio did bring up the nightmare scenario of frozen brakes. If...

Forum: General Cycling Discussion

01-30-23, 12:49 PM

Replies: 278

Hydraulic Vs mechanical brakes

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Posted By cyccommute

While I agree with what you’ve said, I’d like to...

While I agree with what you’ve said, I’d like to point out that the disc crowd…especially the hydro crowd…act like the rest of us are riding spoon brakes. I have cable disc. I have cable...

Forum: General Cycling Discussion

01-30-23, 11:17 AM

Replies: 278

Hydraulic Vs mechanical brakes

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Posted By cyccommute

Yes. The teflon coating slides more easily over...

Yes. The teflon coating slides more easily over the teflon lining in the cable housing. Some of the more highly polished cables now available are good but compared to cheap stainless cable, teflon...

Forum: General Cycling Discussion

01-30-23, 10:29 AM

Replies: 278

Hydraulic Vs mechanical brakes

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Posted By cyccommute

Not nearly as often as you are representing. ...

Not nearly as often as you are representing. There are solutions to contamination as well. There are lots of sealed ferrules out there that will reduce the possibility of contamination. While...

Forum: General Cycling Discussion

01-29-23, 10:20 PM

Replies: 278

Hydraulic Vs mechanical brakes

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Posted By cyccommute

+1. I’m a long time volunteer (10 years in one of...

+1. I’m a long time volunteer (10 years in one of them) in two different co-ops where we get far more mechanical disc brake equipped bikes than hydraulic equipped bikes but, somehow, our “disc brake”...

Forum: General Cycling Discussion

01-29-23, 10:08 PM

Replies: 278

Hydraulic Vs mechanical brakes

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Posted By cyccommute

It’s right there in my post you quoted “…in...

It’s right there in my post you quoted “…in freezing drizzle as well as splash from melting snow pack and the resulting refreezing.”. I’ve experienced freezing rain. I’ve just never experienced...

Forum: General Cycling Discussion

01-29-23, 03:52 PM

Replies: 278

Hydraulic Vs mechanical brakes

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Posted By cyccommute

You are trying waaaay to hard to make hydraulics...

You are trying waaaay to hard to make hydraulics perfect and mechanicals a death trap. None of what you have said is true. I, like several others here, have gone for not just years but many...

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