I'm thinking of buying mechanical disc brake kit as cheap enough. Should I be looking at hydraulic instead? Just thinking for a commute only not off road, so mechanical disc brakes would be the better option?
You can get good used branded hydraulic brakes from Ebay for less than £40 a pair. I don't think you should worry too much about what type. I'm 100kg and have never found any hydraulic brakes lacking in any way, and I often go well over 40 mph on the many steep hills we have where I ride. You can also get hydraulic brakes from Aliexpress with switches in for you cut-off.I'm thinking of buying mechanical disc brake kit as cheap enough. Should I be looking at hydraulic instead? Just thinking for a commute only not off road, so mechanical disc brakes would be the better option?
Shimano D03S are the replacement pads for my Risun 4 pots, so there is plenty of pad surface area with these brakes. I presume mine came with Chinese copies of these pads, but they still work well.I saw the Risun ones when I bought the 48v 250w tsdz2 and thought they looked quite good value , however the AliExpress ones are fairly similar and and they all look like shimano copies of the lower end budget HDB's so should generally do a good job.
The OXYgen MTB and the earlier S-Cross has/had Tektro and the braking was superb.I would be inclined to stay away form zoom /tektro brands.
I had tektro on my Ute cargo bike but they were fairly poor braking wise no matter what I did to try and imptove them, in the end replaced with shimano 4 pot front and 2 pot with disc upgrade rear for far better braking.
Especially if you like the sound of screaming brakesjust make sure you use decent sintered/semi metal disc pads
No all are mix and matchI assume the MT200 handle will not suit an MT400 type calliper? Experts to advise here!).
Dont forget the rear+1 for good hydraulic brakes. Cheapest I can find:
More expensive option:
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