Hi All,


My girlfriend has a generic brand ebike, a bit above entry level, but the disk brakes are single piston mechanical. This e-bike is used to commute daily and descending about 400m of steep hill, she used a set of pads in about 1300km (I am sure the stock pads were crappy).

Since I am doing the maintenance on the bike , I would like to upgrade calipers with something more reliable and with less maintenance but the budget is around 50 euros. After much reading, I am debating between the Tektro MD-C550 or the Shimano MT200. I know there are much better brakes available but are more expensive, I figured this will already be a great improvement.

I believe the rotors should be 160. I have considered the chinese hybrid calipers but they don't seem reliable.


What do you guys suggest between these two options? Are the Shimano reliable, how often do they need bleeding? Or if there are other alternatives to the Tektro for dual piston mechanical I am all ears. I am happy to buy used parts as well.


Any advice is highly appreciated.