Quick follow up to this:
- I went out and bought some Spyres. They're much better designed than the Shimanos, look neater, easier to adjust, better in every way. Felt great on the workstand. Went out for a test ride... absolutely no improvement. Just no bite onto the rotor.
- So I did some googling and apparently compressionless housing would transform them. Again, felt great on the workstand, much firmer. But out on the road... no improvement.
- So I saw a good deal on TRP HY/RDs and went out and got one for the rear and decided to get a proper full hydraulic for the front*. Been out on a test ride and both of them work infinitely better than the various mechanicals ever did. And apart from bolting them on vaguely centrally I've spent zero seconds adjusting either of them.
(* I have a triple chainset on this bike, otherwise I'd have gone full hydraulic)
Why does the triple chainset stop you from having a hydraulic rear brake?
Are there any Triple front ( left ) STI shifters with hydraulic brake cylinders?
Triple groupsets are out of fashion, and I don't know of any current groupsets that would have a triple front shifter and hydraulics.
I may be wrong, of course.
Ahh!
Thanks for that I didn't know mainly because I'm not interested in 11-12+ speed systems
I can't see the point for non competitive/professional use.
I mean, you can get a slightly wider gear range with slightly better cadence
, coupled with worse chainline
.
11x1 systems
For professional use they say it is a weight saving to not have a front derailleur and it is simpler.
Weight:
They have to make the bikes
heavier now to comply with UCI rules.
Simpler:
We've used double/triple chainrings for decades without "major" problems, so what's changed.
Have Pro riders suddenly got "Thicker/dumber"?
Answer NO.
Also some teams are reverting to double/triple chainsets because of performance issues using 11/12x1.
They're also getting through chains/cassettes/chainrings quicker!