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Originally Posted by robthebold View Post
Fascinating, I had never seen or even heard of the combination of hydraulics with rim brakes. I associated hydraulic brakes with the disks near the hub that cost as much as my entire ride! I see they've got an "oomph" bracket there to handle the force they apply to the pads.
Magura is still making them. But...... from one angle they are great because they really can stop you. And then, they are so powerful that you really can't use them for serious riding because you risk broken fork and injury. Not on the first ride but.....And then for some casual riding you can use decent v-brake, The only advantage is that because of their stopping power they work much better in wet conditions than v-brake.
And they were also wearing out rims much faster than v-brake.
 

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