@@kelvs45 It is better than normal brakes. but if you can afford full system hydrualic disk brake, I recommend buying it. maintaining conduct is tough. Im not gonna buy conduct system bike again. +sry i don't know what caliper is mounted on my bike. Shimano type system maybe?

Yeah it's a bit of a nightmare. If you can afford it I'd just stick some 105/ultegra parts on instead

as in swap the 105 mechanical shifter for hydraulic? You would need to bleed the new brake yes as well as get new hose to connect them up. Shimano bleeding is extremely easy though

Thats the fun part, you don't! You can pull the hood back and screw the screw on the top to bring it in but i find it lowers braking power.

It is all to save money for giant. I managed to get them working fairly well after the 3rd bleed, it's a smart option to get rid of them

I'm looking to go on a 6 month tour in south america with these (hopefully by june) should i be concerned?

@@cycloneranger5354 if they work at the moment don't stress it. They just aren't a very good system from an engineering and performance point of view. Unfortunately upgrading at the moment would be quite expensive due to price hikes

@@cycloneranger5354 For a 6 month tour, you may wish to consider a double-sided mechanical system, such TRP's Spyre. (These are nothing like the cheap single-sided mechanical discs that most folks are used to, the TRPs actually work well).

If only you could skip to any point in a KZfaq video 🤯

@@kelvs45 the brakes are terrible. even if set up well they perform poorly in comparison to full hydraulic brakes from a 105 or grx groupset. there is really no comparison. it’s a design flaw.

I don't see why giant thought it was a good idea except to save themselves some 💰💰

Do you know if the Tektro HD-R280 brakes are a Conduct system? Those are the brakes on my new Giant.