I haven't had to fiddle at all with my Spyres, although I only have 5-600 miles with them on; so the jury is still out for the long-term. I have 'mixed' systems on a few bikes - disc in front and road caliper in back, which would require different levers on each side if I'd gone with hydros. So mechanicals are the way I went even though hydros would be smoother to operate.