Do you have a road bike with mechanical disc brakes? Wish they had a bit more oomph? We’ve been sent a pair of hybrid disc brakes by Taiwan’s Juin Tech, and they promise to fix that hole for the modest sum of £150 / $200 / AU$TBC.
While Shimano's and SRAM’s full-on hydraulic brakes have garnered rave reviews for good reason, they’re also hella expensive. Enter Juin Tech’s R1 brakes, which pair cable actuation at the brake unit with a closed hydraulic mineral oil system. And they'll work with your existing brake levers.
The pistons, and therefore pads, move together in tandem to apply the brakes, rather than the one-sided movement of most mechanical discs. This is claimed to deliver power much closer to fully hydraulic systems – and pad wear should be more even too.
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The competition
This isn’t the first attempt we’ve seen – TRP’s HY/RD model have been out for a while, and impressed in our road brakes grouptest earlier this year. But those are £110 (or US$150) per wheel, while Juin Tech’s alternative is £150 (or US$200) for both front and rear.
What’s the catch?
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