Can I use Shimano brake mounts with hope calipers. Got a couple of Shimano ones already that look like they might work.
Depends on the mount, some (maybe all I dunno) shimano mounts foul the hope caliper, I ended up getting the hope mounts because my shimano mounts didn't work.
@chiefgrooveguru you won't build any muscles deadlifting those cabs of yours 😉
The E4s on my mate’s Levo were bloody terrifying the first time I tried them! The levers came back to the bars and they felt like they had no power
I'll defend Hope in this case because that would never happen if they were set up correctly. One thing they are is reliable and consistent.
Can I use Shimano brake mounts with hope calipers
Yes if you have a Dremel or a file.
As always you have to equate Shimano brakes to those on a french car. You tickle the brake pedal and the car slams to a stop. Hope brakes are more like brakes in a German car, there’s more brake travel and more actuation force require to achieve peak power, but the power is the same or greater. It’s all about the servo and how/if it’s applied.
Shimano for me are a little too bitey, especially in that panic moment just before you want a fist full of brake. With Shimano you get full power for very little input and I find the bike can dive under braking when you apply more power than you expect. With a Hope, a finger full is a little, 2 fingers is a lot, a fistful is MAX.
Never use more than one finger full on my E4s and still lock em up when I want to.
@daffy I've always thought its more like comparing a servo Vs non servo car set up. My non servo car has way more powerful brakes but the first press after not driving for a while is scary as they don't bite like the servo assisted car.
Hope adapters are CNC'd with a bigger platform for the caliper to rest on, nice and precise, forged are not. The price of Hope adapters is justified IMO, cant say the same for forged ones. Uberbike ones have a skinnier platform for some stupid reason, bad design. NSB are the king of adapters though.
@nixie it is, but very few people these days have experienced non-servo brakes in a car unless they’ve been on a track day.
But everyone has experience the strange sensation of Citroen/Renault brakes when their company gives them the crappest hire car possible because is saves £4.
Good lord, they're all like it? I felt sure it must just be a particularly vicious Berlingo I tried.
