Posted: 7 Jan 2009, 11:25am
SIL4 wrote:...(much less hassle than hydraulic)...
I've had hydrualic discs on my commute (flat bar hard tail mtb) and although I don't do huge mileage (around 2000 a year) I have not had one problem with my base model Shimano (M570 I think) set. There are a few examples of hydrualic set ups that can be a hastle to deal with but I don't think this is down to them being hydraulic, merely they suffer some design short falls. Mine as most self adjust and are not permanently rubbing. The only time I've had to touch them is to change pads and to shift slightly to stop rubbing when I've swapped over from my on road to off road wheels and the disc sits in a slightly different position on the different hubs.
I would really love to get a drop bar commute with hydraulic discs and no toe overlap (which I believe I'd suffer on both the Trek and Kona) but as yet they aren't about, or at least I haven't found one.
I'm swapping jobs soon to a place with a more accessible workshop and casting facilities so I may be tempted to dabble with a few design ideas at some point but need to get the specs on the leverage, master cylinder swept volumes etc... I'd probably go for the Hope Mono Mini's for lightness with a 160 rotor up front and 140 or 160 to the rear. ...however this is in a queue of all sorts of random project ideas!
