magura hydralic rim brakes for road bikes

[PorkRind]

Saw an ad for these on tredz the other day, given how my mavic slc's have just been sent back under warranty i do wonder what kinda rim would be able to handle these?

Anybody dont it just for the fun and not converted to disk?

[MiseryStreak]

When I was a wee lad, back in the late nineties, Magura Raceline D's in fluorescent yellow used to be THE brakes to have on the trials scene.

I imagine they still stop you pretty well, even by modern standards.

[upsidedownmark]

Main place I see them these days is on TT/Tri rigs. Makes sense - circumvents the s**te cable routing causing rubbish braking issue without putting a fugly disc out in the breeze.

[Piginapoke]

can't see why you would need them on a road bike

[meehaja]

Given how they used to bend alu/ steel frames I’m not sure how well carbon would hold up?

[lufbramatt]

How would they mount on a road bike? Don't they fit on to canti/v brake mounts rather than a central pivot like a caliper brake?

ETA; ahh sorry didn't realise they did a road bike version

[whatleytom]

If you're referring to the RT6/8 then I think they were originally designed with Cervelo for their TT bikes. I had a few sets on a P3 and a P5. Hands down the best rim brakes I've used in terms of performance on a TT bike, and didn't require any special rims. Perfect for TT bikes due to being able to route the hydraulic hose any which way and it not making a blind bit of difference to the performance, where cable systems typically suffer significantly, or are fiddly to set up.

For road bike, I've seen a few people with them but not really sure they offer too much more for road really then a decent set of cable calipers. I believe they did also design a converter which hung from the stem and converted cable actuation into hydraulic in order to keep your normal shifters/levers but its a bit of a solution to a problem that doesn't really exist given the extra bulk and weight added.

[Barchettaman]

Magura don’t do a road groupset with hydraulic rim brakes, but SRAM do, the HydroR group.

[PorkRind]

MiseryStreak said:

When I was a wee lad, back in the late nineties, Magura Raceline D's in fluorescent yellow used to be THE brakes to have on the trials scene.

I imagine they still stop you pretty well, even by modern standards.

Yeah, do you remember the Martin's using em?

These be the brakes im talking of:

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Magura-RT8-Hydraulic-Brak...

[Barchettaman]

Magura also offered a drop-bar lever and rim brake setup in the '90s, the HS66 and HS77.

These levers would also work with their standard cantilever bolt mounted brakes.

The Swiss firm EDCO modified them into a rather neat 8-speed Ergo lever groupset, but all are now rare as hen's teeth.

The older Magura drop bar levers are popular with tandem riders here in Germany and go for a fortune on the 'Bay.

[whatleytom]

Barchettaman said:

Magura don’t do a road groupset with hydraulic rim brakes, but SRAM do, the HydroR group.

He's not talking about a road groupset, OP is referring to these. As was I.

https://www.sigmasports.com/item/Magura/RT8-TT-Hyd...

[Barchettaman]

I am aware of that, however those brakes only work with their brake levers.

I was merely passing on the fruits of my research into hydraulic rim brakes for road bikes.

[WolfieBot]

MiseryStreak said:

When I was a wee lad, back in the late nineties, Magura Raceline D's in fluorescent yellow used to be THE brakes to have on the trials scene.

I imagine they still stop you pretty well, even by modern standards.

Quite, still got an HS33 in the garage, on my old trials bike. About time I did something with it, unfortunately that will likely be taking it to the tip.

[esuuv]

I have them on my Cervelo P5 - they’re very good, but can be a total pain to set up.....

They make braking less of just a suggestion in the wet on carbon rims though

[whatleytom]

Barchettaman said:

I am aware of that, however those brakes only work with their brake levers.

I was merely passing on the fruits of my research into hydraulic rim brakes for road bikes.

Clearly didn't read my post.

"they did also design a converter which hung from the stem and converted cable actuation into hydraulic in order to keep your normal shifters/levers "

[Barchettaman]

Oops, sorry. No need to be snarky, we're all friends here.

Did that converter ever make it to production? I can't recall ever seeing it for sale.

[upsidedownmark]

It did (RT8C), but they don't seem to be around anymore.. There are however several cable-hydro systems, hope v-twin, giant conduct.. they tend to be more aimed at road shifters-hydro disc tho, but might work..