The last upgrades for my Aipas

[usclassic]

So I have added an air shock and some cable actuated hydraulic calipers to all the other stuff and am happy with the final result.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Ready for adventure! I think many if not most would refer to those cable-activated brakes as "mechanical". In what sense are you using "hydro" here?

 

[RunForTheHills]

Ready for adventure! I think many if not most would refer to those cable-activated brakes as "mechanical". In what sense are you using "hydro" here?

There is a hybrid type of hydraulic brake called a cable actuated hydraulic brake. It uses a cable, but has a hydraulic piston on the caliper. So it has the self-adjustment feature that hydraulic brakes do, but uses existing cable brake levers.

 

[usclassic]

Ready for adventure! I think many if not most would refer to those cable-activated brakes as "mechanical". In what sense are you using "hydro" here?

They are cable actuated hydraulic dual piston calipers

 

[stompandgo]

They are typically stronger than a cable actuated brake, but you don't get the mechanical advantage of a hydraulic brake system.

I'm also a firm believer that no e-bike that heavy with that kind of load carrying capacity should have 2-piston brakes of any kind. We do a lot of 4-piston upgrades on bikes like this.

 

[RunForTheHills]

The cable actuated hydraulic brakes are useful for converting e-bikes that may have a switch integrated in the cable brake levers to hydraulic. There is a use case for them. I am a fan of over-engineering, but those brakes can probably lock up the wheel and will be fine for stopping that bike. The first disc brakes I had were mechanical. They were very fussy, needed frequent adjustments, and squeaked a lot. I almost swore off disc brakes altogether until I tried hydraulic disc brakes.