Originally Posted by
well biked
In this particular case, I think I'd put some decent (road) mechanical discs on the bike and get away from the hydraulic w/converter system. I'm a big fan of hydraulic discs on mountain bikes, but other than maybe the newest drop bar/hydraulic systems from Shimano, I'm not sure there's anything on the market yet in drop bar hydraulic systems that's not chock full of problems. Just an opinion.
Have not had time to check but if it turns out to be the master and not the caliper itself I will not be re-using it.
as of right now I bought a used Avid BB5 at the bike shop for $12 and slapped it on. A little overpriced just for a caliper but what can you expect for no wait and local. $20 plus shipping would have got me an entire pair plus rotors and in black but oh well.
If I can't figure out how to get cross top bar interrupts to work with the hydro system it's going to get scrapped anyways.
right now I installed a interrupt on the top bar for the rear brake and I love it.
My wife has been on vacation all week so I have had no time to play around. Once she goes back to work I'll have some free time to play with this stuff.
going to see if it's the master cylinder or not and then going to see if I can integrate an interrupt lever into the system. I know theoretically it should work but because of the location of the master cylinder cable routing is rather difficult.
thanks for re-affirming that testing the master cylinder wouldn't be a waste of time.
also the fact that there is no leaking or loss of fluid makes me think it is the master cylinder as well.
whats the best cable pull caliper out there? Want the front one to feel really good. Not to impressed with the BB5 but would rather have something cheap and affordable on the rear.