Originally Posted by
Tim_Iowa
The OP doesn't have hydro brake levers; he currently has rim brakes on a Cross Check.
With mechanical road brake levers, you need road calipers. (different cable pull than MTB levers and calipers)
But you are correct, hydro brake levers work with any hydro caliper, and hydro levers are available in both flat bar and drop bar designs.
Sounds like you have a killer setup. The ice-tech rotors made a huge difference (better stopping power, less noise) from single compound rotors on my fat bike.
And, in my experience, rim brakes < mechanical discs < hydraulic discs.
I wasn't even thinking about mechanical brakes. I was going to go with TRP hybrid calipers where they are cable actuated but hydro calipers but in the end, I already had XTR brakes so I decided to keep hydro.