Witterings

It's a Gravel bike ... I have a 29er which the previous owner upgraded to hydraulics and are brilliant brakes, I got a cost of upgrading the bike to hydraulic from the BB7's and it was about £450 / 550 including labour (105's) which with the initial cost of the bike of £400 a brand new one's only £1250 and I'm sure of I wait a while the new models due to come out fairly soon after so might be able to get it at a discount so just doesn't make sense.

If however I could just pay he £400 and be happy with it that'd be my preferred option, I guess I'm looking at the worse case scenario and options if I didn't like it.

The answer would be go and ride it but if I were selling a 2nd hand bike that I'd cleaned I wouldn't want someone taking it for a test ride across where it's wet and is the only real way I'll be able to see what the difference and where hydraulics make a real difference.