Cycling UK Forum

Brucey wrote: ↑9 Nov 2023, 1:41pm IIRC Magura showed some time ago that hydraulic rim brakes could work well; so please don't make the mistake of confusing the niceties of engineering with the niceties of salesmanship.

Can a lever designed for a hydraulic disc brake be used to operate a hydraulic rim brake? In fact are different brands of hydraulic lever compatible with different brands of hydro discs? (This isn't about spokes, sorry.... )

mattheus wrote: ↑9 Nov 2023, 1:27pm p.s. I shan't be buying any wheels with non-standard spoke-spacing for it

I agree 100% with you. Over the years I've become increasingly frustrated with weird and wonderful proprietary spokes and spoking patterns, the fact that after 3 years or so it's impossible to get spares for any of them and the fact that - for normal usage as opposed to super high end performance - very little comes close to beating a normal 2x or 3x spoking pattern.

Normal hub flange, normal J-bend wire spokes, standard rim (alu or carbon, either is fine).

I've used dozens of wheels - the Rolf ones and the XTR ones I mentioned earlier, various iterations of Mavic etc but the issues of maintenance and repair have always been at the back of my mind.

as long as the caliper pistons are the correct size [thus preserving the system MA] and the seals are compatible with the fluid there is no real reason why you can't mix n match most 'open' [ie self adjusting ] brake components

Brucey wrote: ↑9 Nov 2023, 2:01pm as long as the caliper pistons are the correct size [thus preserving the system MA] and the seals are compatible with the fluid there is no real reason why you can't mix n match most 'open' [ie self adjusting ] brake components

Thanks Brucey.