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moving from a bike with hydraulic disc brakes to mechanical disc brakes

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  • May 3, 2019 at 9:09 am #29613
    Team EPO

    Hello

     

    I am thinking of a new bike but the downside is it has mechanical hydraulic disc brakes whilst I am used to hydraulic disc brakes – will I notice a big difference??

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  • May 3, 2019 at 5:12 pm #941669
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    Canyon48
    Glen C wrote:
    You’ll definitely notice a big difference – I have both and I don’t think that mechanical discs provide much different performance to rim brakes. Hydraulic discs, as you probably recognise already, are much better. For me the lack of hydraulics would be a deal breaker on a new bike.

    Yep.

    May 3, 2019 at 12:14 pm #941667
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    Glen C

    You’ll definitely notice a

    You’ll definitely notice a big difference – I have both and I don’t think that mechanical discs provide much different performance to rim brakes. Hydraulic discs, as you probably recognise already, are much better. For me the lack of hydraulics would be a deal breaker on a new bike.

    May 3, 2019 at 11:59 am #941665
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    alansmurphy

    Seconded

    Seconded

    May 3, 2019 at 11:51 am #941663
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    EddyBerckx

    Hi. I notice a significant
    Hi. I notice a significant difference between my full hydraulic and semi hydraulic brakes…so yeah, I think you will tbh

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