Does Compressionless Housing Make a Difference?

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Does Compressionless Housing Make a Difference?

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Күн бұрын

Sometimes these less exciting discoveries can lead to new things I am still learning after riding a bicycle for all these years!

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@manofintegrity8828 Жыл бұрын

I used Jagwire Pro Road compressionless housing on my Poseidon Redwood. It made a huge difference with the stock Tektro brakes!

@waltertrussell Жыл бұрын

I did something very similar to you with my 4130 Allroad. I started by putting compression-less housing on it, and that helped some, but I still felt like it was lacking something - so I swapped the stock brakes out for TRP hy/rd on the front and a spyre in the rear and I feel like it is in a pretty good spot now. You might try one of the mechanically-actuated hydraulic brakes like the hy/rd on the front and see how you like it. Love your videos as always!

@BruceChastain 22 күн бұрын

I wonder why it seems like the old rim brakes don't need the compressionless housing.

@ShadLife 22 күн бұрын

Need vs nice to have. You definitely get a better brake feel with rim brakes using compressionless housing. I use Odyssey's linear brake cables on my BMX bike and it is a much better brake cable than traditional cables that make the brakes feel mushy.

@BruceChastain 22 күн бұрын

@@ShadLife yeah I guess it will also make rim brakes work better too. But I just built up a basic road bike with rim brakes, normal cheap cable housing, I was amazed how much better it stopped vs my gravel bike with cable pull disk brakes. So I just wonder why the cable pull disks almost need the nice housing and why the old rim brakes don't seem to.

@ShadLife 22 күн бұрын

@@BruceChastain I can stop equally as well with both cables on disc brakes, it's just that I have to pull a lot harder and the lever moves farther and past the optimal leverage point when using standard housing.This is especially the case with drop bar levers. Rim brakes stop good, they just lack modulation and if you are on a longer descent they heat up and don't work as well.

@FEboats 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video, I’m going through the same thing on my mechanical disc gravel bike. I used to flying over the bars with a single finger pull on my mtb.

@noe616 Жыл бұрын

I bought organic pads for the same reason. They work better when cold, so they stop better. I remember my rim brakes were super sensitive, but I only weighed 175 lbs back then. Now, I'm trying to force my brakes to do miracles to stop my 275 lbs. I need dual front disks.

@crimsonhermit 11 ай бұрын

Going through the same thing right now. Thank you for the help. Just bought TRP Spyres, went to install and decided to get the compressionless housing as per the TRP manual. Now I’m just waiting on parts… I’ll have to consider organic pads too. What a headache… I should have just found something with v brakes.

@ShadLife 11 ай бұрын

It's worth having disc brakes over v-brakes. So as much of a pain as setting them up is, you will be happy you did it.

@arcoulant87 5 ай бұрын

I have a Salsa Fargo which has TRP hydro brakes just changed the cable to jagwire compression-less housing what a change I can now lock up the rear break!

@ShadLife 5 ай бұрын

Oh, so you have the hybrid TRP hydraulic brakes? So they are cable actuated?

@arcoulant87 5 ай бұрын

yes ,and now they work so much better, riding the GDMBR this summer .@@ShadLife

@bober1019 Ай бұрын

forget the breaks, i cannot understand your crank situation. please explain: you have clearly a road bike bit its setup for like a mountain bike or for climbing only. i simply cannot understand. plus your tires are huge, its as if you dont want to go fast at all costs...gravel riding dosent have to be slow.

@ShadLife Ай бұрын

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