milky4130 Posted June 11, 2015 Share You could of course use those fancy hydraulic calipers with cable sti's.... That's my plan for my Cotic when it comes back from paint.... and the boxes are under my desk. Although I do like the look of the CX1 setup.... mmm... decisions decisions... Guess I will wait for the bike to come back from paint.... been 7 months already... no hurry...how are you going to do that? I asked if that was possible & was told to get the converter, is this what you will be doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieV Posted June 11, 2015 Share You could of course use those fancy hydraulic calipers with cable sti's.... That's my plan for my Cotic when it comes back from paint.... and the boxes are under my desk. Although I do like the look of the CX1 setup.... mmm... decisions decisions... Guess I will wait for the bike to come back from paint.... been 7 months already... no hurry... Something like this? Hope V-Twin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted June 11, 2015 Share You could of course use those fancy hydraulic calipers with cable sti's.... That's my plan for my Cotic when it comes back from paint.... Or even the not so fancy ones.......... I was initially very disappointed in my cable-to-hydraulic conversion, but then the pads/disks got themselves bedded in and their nature changed completely. The modulation and stopping power is brilliant. Better than anything experienced on a road bike, better than my old Paul Cantis, and with no front-end dive like on a MTB, possibly even more confidence inspiring than Hope or XT disks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troi Sport Posted June 11, 2015 Share We built two cotics for customers with the V Twin. Works wonderfully well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieV Posted June 11, 2015 Share Or even the not so fancy ones.......... I was initially very disappointed in my cable-to-hydraulic conversion, but then the pads/disks got themselves bedded in and their nature changed completely. The modulation and stopping power is brilliant. Better than anything experienced on a road bike, better than my old Paul Cantis, and with no front-end dive like on a MTB, possibly even more confidence inspiring than Hope or XT disks. What brand/series did you install?And where did you order from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troi Sport Posted June 11, 2015 Share We got them from International Trade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted June 11, 2015 Share how are you going to do that? I asked if that was possible & was told to get the converter, is this what you will be doing?Well - I was quick and bought a set of hydraulic calipers with cable actuators.... out from under Eddy's nose.... The only advantage to these is you don't have to deal with hydraulic cable routing on a frame designed for wires... milky4130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted June 11, 2015 Share Well - I was quick and bought a set of hydraulic calipers with cable actuators.... out from under Eddy's nose.... The only advantage to these is you don't have to deal with hydraulic cable routing on a frame designed for wires... Think these are what he has Milky: http://www.cxmagazine.com/trp-hy-rd-hydraulic-disc-brakes-review-road-cyclocross/4 milky4130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieV Posted June 11, 2015 Share Well - I was quick and bought a set of hydraulic calipers with cable actuators.... out from under Eddy's nose.... The only advantage to these is you don't have to deal with hydraulic cable routing on a frame designed for wires... Which one's does Eddy have? The Hope's V-Twins are ridiculously expensive, (R4000+) for a play bike .. sorry Shamus . I did a bit of looking around before I bought the BB7's and it just didn't make sense to buy those hydraulic converters at that price for a franken-cross like mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky4130 Posted June 11, 2015 Share We built two cotics for customers with the V Twin. Works wonderfully well.what did it cost & did you get it locally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieV Posted June 11, 2015 Share Think these are what he has Milky: http://www.cxmagazine.com/trp-hy-rd-hydraulic-disc-brakes-review-road-cyclocross/4 ok, thank you .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troi Sport Posted June 11, 2015 Share what did it cost & did you get it locally?About R4500 about a year agoBut the ZAR has gone for a loop since then International trade is the local importer milky4130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky4130 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Think these are what he has Milky: http://www.cxmagazine.com/trp-hy-rd-hydraulic-disc-brakes-review-road-cyclocross/4yeah those were one of the recommendations as well. But where to find it locally, I wanted to spend as little as possible on this build. Therefore swopping my hydraulics for mechanicals was the logical route, I hope I don't regret it later, cause I'm very unforgiving. Pure Savage and EddieV 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted June 11, 2015 Share Which one's does Eddy have? The Hope's V-Twins are ridiculously expensive, (R4000+) for a play bike .. sorry Shamus . I did a bit of looking around before I bought the BB7's and it just didn't make sense to buy those hydraulic converters at that price for a franken-cross like mine Eddie has a hope V twin on his bike - think it is one of Shamus's bikes.... actually I know it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted June 11, 2015 Share yeah those were one of the recommendations as well. But where to find it locally, I wanted to spend as little as possible on this build. Therefore swopping my hydraulics for mechanicals was the logical route, I hope I don't regret it later, cause I'm very unforgiving.They are TRP's - about half the cost of the v-twin. But I am still considering a CX1 setup - so until the frame is back I don't plan to do anything. milky4130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieV Posted June 11, 2015 Share yeah those were one of the recommendations as well. But where to find it locally, I wanted to spend as little as possible on this build. Therefore swopping my hydraulics for mechanicals was the logical route, I hope I don't regret it later, cause I'm very unforgiving. would have loved to get those V-Twins too ... maybe one day when I upgrade the frame ... wheels .. groupset ... bike .... .... ... but the BB7's does the job fine for now ... reviews are good ito reliability too. milky4130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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