Hydraulic Shifting

[EigerSA]

I just bought a second hand frame which I'm planning on pimping to the max and want to hand-build a lot of the parts. One of the things I'm planning on is hydraulic brakes, but I got to thinking why not hydraulic shifting? Has anyone ever heard of this or read about it? And how practical would it be you think?

 

And on a semi-related thought, can you get carbon fibre brake discs and are they effective (again mtb specific)?

 

[DownhillingKing]

You do get hydro shifting just not with derailers as far as I know think that would be very heavy too.

[JA-Q001]

You do get

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[AndreZA]

Why not air shifting.

 

 

 

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[DawieO]

wow! where can I get more info re that hydro kit?

[TitusTi]

And that Hydro shifting system is about 2 years old already. Not sure if he's taken it into production yet.

[EigerSA]

Air pressure to me doesn't make sense since air can be compressed too much, that would give an imprecise feel I would think. Water on the other hand might be an even better way to go, if my std 8 science is correct, water can't be compressed. Hmmm... need to work on this a while!