Originally Posted by
Fentuz
I remember the post with poor quality dahon caliper (housing casting full of flashes and the poorly machined ball bearing locations). Hence, my suggestion to OP to fit some spyre if 100€ cost is acceptable to him. The spyres are reliable and have descent braking power. They are the "go to" for unsupported remote applications and do work well in CX racing
I've generally heard good things about those. I'd be curious about the mechanism; If they have dual pistons (the mech calipers I see at my LBS do, they might even be spyres), how it operates (cam or helix/screw), and how well that is sealed.
And as long as it doesn't have the 15mm inboard offset (I don't think applies to anyone except some Dahon models), a swap to anything else should be easy.
I'd be interested in hydraulic, heard great things, but that's an area where I would only go with a known and quality brand, as cheap brand hydraulic stuff leaks and is not durable, as a rule. I've read great things on here about Shimano (Deore?) hydraulic calipers.