My first disc brake experience was with a cheap mechanical disc brake, and braking performance, by any measure, was on par with cheap caliper or v-brakes. They'd stop the bike as needed, but I didn't observe any advantage with them. I then upgraded to some Shimano XT hydraulics and this is when the epiphany happened. My first handful of brake lever quickly taught me that unlike many rim brakes, grabbing too much hydraulic disc brakes is a signal that you want to stop NOW and possibly do a superman-like flight over the handlebars.
I then added Shimano hydraulics to another bike, and on my recent build up of an All City, I wanted to give mech disc calipers another go, and I chose TRP Spyres, which moved the outboard and inboard pads together at the same time, similar to hydros, but unlike most mechanical disc calipers that only move the outboard pad. The Spyres perform very well, though I still think that the Shimano hydros give better performance all around. My Surly Troll came with disc brake mounts and removable canti posts. To me, this would be an ideal config for Rivendell to consider emulating, without potentially alienating any customers or running afoul of any ideals they hold for necessary braking control. A Hunq/Altlantis with this config seems smart to me, but I'm just a consumer with a bike budget. Jeff Silver Spring, MD On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > "And I hear that hydraulic disc brakes are even more powerful and that > they modulate even better than the best mechanicals." > > If you ever want to get brake-spoiled, try hydraulics. Power and > modulation with light hand pressure out the kazoo; they make even the > mechanical discs on my folder feel like stopping and old Chevy with drum > brakes. I purposely avoided mentioning hydros in my earlier comment because > this thread already has me promoting electric motors and mechanical discs > for Rivendells. I gotta draw the line somewhere! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
