SRAM need a problem for this solution

[chris_the_wrench]

Last one.....

Tri bikes frequently have funny cable routings and the cable can drag inside the housing.

I think thats my best answer.

-Chris

 

[lowenbrau]

FWIW I still have the Maguras on my MTB that I installed in the 90s. I'm pretty sure I also still have mud on the bike from the same era. They seem to be more reliable at holding brake fluid and just working when I (rarely) need them than my Toyotas are.

 

[Jay H]

Wow guys thanks for the laugh. That is indeed funny. Speaking of which you just made me re-watch this video yet another time because these hydro road brakes made me think of it. See maybe there is a good use of these new brakes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z1fSpZNXhU

Seriously thanks for the laugh.

 

[Christophe Noel]

Last one.....

Tri bikes frequently have funny cable routings and the cable can drag inside the housing.

I think thats my best answer.

-Chris

Thomas Edison would disagree. Electricity, my friend has made tri bike cable headaches a thing of the past...for the right amount of Di2 money. My best answer? SRAM is hoping to increase sales of bleed kits.

When I say the Magura brakes were not successful, I mean to say they didn't start the frenzied rush for everyone to get hydro rim brakes.

This reminds me of a conversation I had at Interbike years ago. An engineer was designing an ABS system for road bikes. It was super complicated. A passerby simply said, "I've had ABS on my bike for years." <He was holding up his index finger> He the said, "it's even connected to a very sophisticated sensory system." <Pointed same index finger to his head.> Funny stuff.

 

[chris_the_wrench]

Exactly di2 and hydro brakes could open the door for even more funky(and aero) routings. Di2 on tribikes is awesome. Multi position shifters work excellent.

-Chris

 

[Christophe Noel]

I guess while we're at it, can anyone explain to me why the newly released hydraulic shifting systems are necessary? Me don't get that one either.

Someone has it out for cables, that's all I know.

 

[chris_the_wrench]

Again, fullsuspension bikes can have funky cable routing. This year at interbike i was checking out their booth and thinking about the $2000 i would have to drop on their system, and this guy next to me was getting very excited. I look over and its Brian Lopes. I think they had ateast one set spoken for right there...

 

[LukeHooligan]

Based on the outrageous price of the few adapter kits to run hydro discs with sti levers on cross bikes that have come out since UCI rules changed, i'm guessing this whole hydro road brake set up will be even more. I also see it as one of those things that people will spend money on because it's new and different, not because it actually improves on a previous design, i agree with those who have said they see no benefit from this particular product.

 

[squatch]

Skidding is skidding. magura made some brakes like these a ways back. Remember rollercams?

 

[Christophe Noel]

Roller Cam brakes serve as a glowing example why brakes should not be composed of brass, and steel plates. Still, they were a thousand times better than U-Brakes.

Here's one from the brake archives - anyone remember Scott/Mathhauser "Self Energizing" canti brakes? Gott love brakes that were either on or off with nothing in between.

 

[fisher205]

Roller Cam brakes serve as a glowing example why brakes should not be composed of brass, and steel plates. Still, they were a thousand times better than U-Brakes.

Here's one from the brake archives - anyone remember Scott/Mathhauser "Self Energizing" canti brakes? Gott love brakes that were either on or off with nothing in between.

I still have a set of the pedersn SE brakes. They replaced the u brake that I had cut off and canti mounts braxed on. I really hated the u brake.

 

[Caoboy]

I've found the problem!

http://motorbicycling.com/showthread.php?t=36464

Need MOAR BrEaKs because my bike has too much powaaaaaa.

 

[Flagster]

The Maguras were uber-popular in the mid-90s with the developing dh crowd and tandem riders, and still are quite popular among trials riders(a very small market segment).


-Chris

They are still trying...
http://www.magura.com/roadbike/en/

Was reading the lastest LAVA or Triathlon of my GFs and saw a new tri bike equipped with these Mags...

BTW disc cross bikes are lame...run cantis