Anyone tried cable to hydro adapters?
Anyone tried cable to hydro adapters?
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TheLemming

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4,319 posts

294 months

Tuesday 14th January 2014
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I've been looking at the various cable to hydro adapters and having issues finding reviews or user experience.

Very tempted by something like the doppelmoppel or the HY/RD setups, if anyone has experience using them I'd love to hear it.

gazza285

11,157 posts

237 months

Tuesday 14th January 2014
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A friend of mine has the TRP one on her cyclocross bike, she likes them a great deal, other than that I've seen a few of the Hope ones but don't have any experience of them.

TheLemming

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4,319 posts

294 months

Tuesday 14th January 2014
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I hadn't seen the hope v-twin, it looks like a front runner based on the reviews without the lever pull issues that appear to affect the hy/rd

http://road.cc/content/review/93070-hope-v-twin-hy...

Edited by TheLemming on Tuesday 14th January 12:57

neenaw

1,225 posts

218 months

Tuesday 14th January 2014
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I've been trying to decide between these two set-ups but I'm really stuck with it.

A guy I know runs the TRP Hy/Rd's and thinks they're great. They look to be really good and from what I've seen they have very good feel to them.

The Hope V-Twin looks like a neat solution to the problem, I also run Hope X2 brakes on my 2 MTB's so having the V-Twins which run the X2 callipers would save me from having to buy different types of pads and spares for different bikes.
I must say, I'm a big fan of the Hope kit so I'm leaning a bit towards them.

TheLemming

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4,319 posts

294 months

Wednesday 15th January 2014
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neenaw said:
I've been trying to decide between these two set-ups but I'm really stuck with it.

A guy I know runs the TRP Hy/Rd's and thinks they're great. They look to be really good and from what I've seen they have very good feel to them.

The Hope V-Twin looks like a neat solution to the problem, I also run Hope X2 brakes on my 2 MTB's so having the V-Twins which run the X2 callipers would save me from having to buy different types of pads and spares for different bikes.
I must say, I'm a big fan of the Hope kit so I'm leaning a bit towards them.
The only thing that stopped me ordering the TRPs was several reviews mentioning issues with lever pull (right back to the bars with minimal resistance) which does sound offputting.
If you order the hopes some feedback would be good! :-)

neenaw

1,225 posts

218 months

Wednesday 15th January 2014
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TheLemming said:
The only thing that stopped me ordering the TRPs was several reviews mentioning issues with lever pull (right back to the bars with minimal resistance) which does sound offputting.
If you order the hopes some feedback would be good! :-)
Hopefully I'll be ordering some soon, I've got a couple if hits I need to get rid of first to pay for the Hopes. Once they're fitted I'll report back smile

itsnotarace

4,685 posts

238 months

Wednesday 15th January 2014
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TheLemming said:
The only thing that stopped me ordering the TRPs was several reviews mentioning issues with lever pull (right back to the bars with minimal resistance) which does sound offputting.
Nothing wrong with the TRP's with Ultegra levers. I have tried a friends with decent compressionless Goodridge outer cable and it was excellent

964Cup

1,626 posts

266 months

Monday 20th January 2014
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Running HY-RDs with Ultegra 6800 levers, and all is well. They don't half stop, and modulation is fine.