Originally Posted by
Bad Lag
What I find a little odd is no one sells a brake replacement kit - levers, cables & calipers as a matched set. Last time I bought aftermarket brakes, they came as a set in a single box.
For Hydraulic brakes that is fairly common but for cable stuff it is not really sensible as their are so many different options maybe you might want them for a flat bar but someone else wants it for a road bike but they have small hands and the other person wants it for a moustache bar but has giant hands. I don't really love package deals because if that were the case I would be stuck with calipers I don't want from SRAM or levers I didn't want from Cane Creek and who knows what cables and housing but probably not Jagwire Pro or Elite kit. It makes sense for Hydro brakes as they are a complete system and it is a bit tougher to mix and match (though Shigura is semi-common and Hope makes some 4 pot road brakes in both Mineral and DOT).
I like my choices and don't find that ever to be a problem. If you don't know what to look for that is one thing but if you are particular at least to a point freedom of choice rather than having to resell parts I don't need, is a good thing.