TrailSeeker
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Hi everyone!
So my brakes in the back were squealing really bad (I used car brake cleaner and about to go see if that did the trick or not)...
Anyway, it had me thinking of upgrading my disc brakes but I was unsure of several things and wanted to see the communities thoughts.
1. Obviously a lot more expensive if this is available but I heard having 2 piece rotors was a huge advantage. Is this something I could do myself and would be worthwhile to increase performance?
2. If I do upgrade the caliper and whole braking system, are semi-metallic that much better? I know they'll last longer and some have said how quiet the can be for routine braking - but before I do that I wanted to see if the cost to benefit ratio was there.
3) most important is this an easy DIY project I can do at home? I also imagine I have to drain the hydraulics and bleed the valves first. Will I have to put in new cabling through the frame or any other tricky business?
Thanks everyone, sorry for the longer post but I'm new to biking and it's hard to find some of this stuff online. Everyone here is great though! I hope I can return the favor someday![Slightly smiling face :slight_smile: 🙂](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/7.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
So my brakes in the back were squealing really bad (I used car brake cleaner and about to go see if that did the trick or not)...
Anyway, it had me thinking of upgrading my disc brakes but I was unsure of several things and wanted to see the communities thoughts.
1. Obviously a lot more expensive if this is available but I heard having 2 piece rotors was a huge advantage. Is this something I could do myself and would be worthwhile to increase performance?
2. If I do upgrade the caliper and whole braking system, are semi-metallic that much better? I know they'll last longer and some have said how quiet the can be for routine braking - but before I do that I wanted to see if the cost to benefit ratio was there.
3) most important is this an easy DIY project I can do at home? I also imagine I have to drain the hydraulics and bleed the valves first. Will I have to put in new cabling through the frame or any other tricky business?
Thanks everyone, sorry for the longer post but I'm new to biking and it's hard to find some of this stuff online. Everyone here is great though! I hope I can return the favor someday
![Slightly smiling face :slight_smile: 🙂](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/7.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)