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Also given my caad x has a front pm and a rear flat mount, can I buy a set of pms and fit an adapter?
Btw..why does the forum keep posting replies half way through typing them!
hollyboni
...Google ANY bike part and you will find forum threads about people having problems with them. This is especially true for BB brakes, and Spyres/Spykes.
This is getting a bit boring. Yes BB7s are perfect, hydraulic brakes are the devil. Go install some cable discs on your car and be happy
I quite happily use hydraulic brakes on some of my bikes.
The people who have have problems with cable brakes would more than likely have problems with hydraulics if they had to buy the separate parts, assemble and bleed them.
Had TRP Spykes. Happiy used in Alps. No issues with year round grimey riding. Don't go near hydraulics now. Mechanicals are an absolute doddle to service at home.
Also given my caad x has a front pm and a rear flat mount, can I buy a set of pms and fit an adapter?
You could or you could buy one of each? Flat mounts still need an adapter depending on disc size and whether they go front or rear but they're not expensive.
I found the Spyres on my Giant very wooden, good enough but not in the same league as hydraulics. And the Spyres I wouldn't even have said were as good as decent (caliper) rim brakes, except maybe in the wet. A friend of mine suggested that alternate rotors and pads improved his but I didn't keep them long enough to try it.