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I need to get hold of a set of brakes for my other half's bike, she doesn't like riding with drop bars so we're going to fit flat bars to her bike.
Does anyone know of any flat bar brakes that come with flat mount calipers? I've not managed to find any yet so I suspect I may need to mix and match some road and MTB brakes.
Hope x2 flat mount, or magura mt8 flatmount. I want some!
https://www.hopetech.com/products/brakes/cross-country/tech-3-x2-flatmount/
https://www.magura.com/en/components/bike/disc-brakes/productdetailpage/?p=27258
Shimano Metrea. Wasn’t a very successful group, so bargains to be had.
Likely you'll pick up Shimano Flat Mount calipers pretty cheaply as lots of folk have upgraded Post Mount bikes and ended up with spare, unused FM calipers (in fact, I have one myself if you're interested)
Likely you’ll pick up Shimano Flat Mount calipers pretty cheaply as lots of folk have upgraded Post Mount bikes and ended up with spare, unused FM calipers (in fact, I have one myself if you’re interested)
That's looking like the most cost-effiective way of changing over.
Do you just have the one caliper or do you have a pair?
Can you fit flat mount calipers to standard MTB levers, of the same brand/fluid type?
As far as i'm aware, you can fit Shimano road calipers to MTB levers and vice versa. Not so sure about SRAM though.
Tektro levers and flat mount calipers. The calipers are the same as the giant conduct ones. I've just done the opposite (fitted tektro caliper to my giant conduct). I'll be selling the front lever and 2 flat mount calipers at some point.
Just use summer pm -> flat mount adaptors with a standard set of MTB brakes?
That Metrea stuff looks quite nice, even if the combined shifter/brakes for bullhorn bars do look a bit hipstery...
Just use summer pm -> flat mount adaptors with a standard set of MTB brakes?
Thanks for that, I've no idea why I didn't think of that considering I had to do it on another bike of mine a while back. I think I've even got a spare adaptor in the garage 😀
Slight thread hijack....
Big thanks to Markie for highlighting those Magura calipers! What does the hive mind reckon about being compatible with Shimano road levers? They do appear to be available separately.
I may have some leaky Shimano ones. Hope would have been the answer but my frame requires 140mm max rear.