Building a gravel bike Question - Brakes

[RABUBI]

Good morning. 

 

Quick question. 

 

I am converting one of my mountainbikes to a gravel bike. 

 

I have 105 Hydraulic brake levers, but without the Calipers.

 

Are they compatible with normal Shimano MTB calipers?

 

thanks 

HP

[EddieV]

I had the exact question ito Ultegra hydraulic STI's and MTB calipers.

 

I couldn't find any info. 

 

Here's a chart with info on road component compatibility that I found whist searching. 

https://productinfo.shimano.com/#/com?acid=C-499&cid=C-453

 

In the end I ordered the Ultegra calipers from bike24 (germany) ... did not want to take the risk of brake failure... 

[Monark]

I used ultegra hydro with XT calipers without any hassle.

[100Tours]

same - ultegra hydro with XT calipers, and on a tandem with 200mm rotors so they have been well tested. 

 

I have heard some complaints when mixing shimano levers with non-shimano calipers

[RABUBI]

Thanks, I have 105, will try them with XT I have 

[Karakoram]

I just converted my gravel/touring bike (Trek 920) to a flat bar setup. I have the bike's original drop bar fitted with SRAM S700 Doubletap brake - shifter lever set (with calipers) for a 2 x 10 drive train, available for sale. The parts are very new, only done 900km. Asking price R3,000. Let me know if you are interested.

[NC]

I was able to fit Apex levers to SRAM MTB calipers. They worked great.

[Grease_Monkey]

Yes