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I'm sure I've seen people run Magura disc calipers with Shimano hydraulic brake levers - and Magura only sells one kind of brake fluid, so theoretically you could run magura rim brakes with modern shimano STIs.. Or TRP Hylix levers
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I'm sure I've seen people run Magura disc calipers with Shimano hydraulic brake levers
It works
Magura only sells one kind of brake fluid
Not true in the case of rim brakes
so theoretically you could run magura rim brakes with modern shimano STIs.. Or TRP Hylix levers
Assuming the pistons in the levers are the correct size...
psg1ben
Sorry all I’ll start again.
It’s not me, honestly.
My colleague has a Thorn touring bike with a Rolhof rim brake rear hub. He wants better brakes. So far he has gone from cantilevers to V brakes and is currently using XTRs with a pair of travel agents for the drop bar levers. They weren’t really up to his last trip from Norwich to Norway so he wants better brakes. He’s off over the alps next year and wants to stop whilst carrying the contents of his flat (It’s safe to say he doesn’t travel light!)
He likes the idea of Magura hydro rim brakes and will not be dissuaded. He has them on his eDutch bike and thinks they are great.
I suggested a hydro disc on the front, as the bouncy fork has a mount and the best pads he can get with compressionless housing on the rear, but he is not sold on the idea.
So other than the 100 or so pairs of Magura drop bar levers that change hands for big money is there a way to run Magura hydro rim brakes with curly bars?
Thank you please.