The Disc Brake Revolution

Hydraulic Systems

The holy grail, it is here! Will we be seeing these new hydraulic systems on professional cyclocross bikes this coming season or even in the pro road peloton next year? Only time will tell, but the long awaited offerings from the bigger brands are now here and starting to make their appearance on the expo-bikes and new 2014 models.

Pinarello Dogma built with SRAM Red 22 Disc Brake system

SRAM Red 22 Hydraulic Disc

With their weird swoopy, Dr Seuss designed levers SRAM bring you a fully hydraulic braking system for road and cyclocross, designed to work with the new SRAM Red 22 group set. Carbon levers with aluminum calipers weighing in at 449g per unit (lever, caliper, hose and 160mm HSX rotor). A quick internet search shows that you can pick up the new SRAM disc brake unit for £429.99 (per unit) inclusive, though the cost will depend if you need to upgrade the rest of your group set to accommodate the system, pushing the price over the £2,000 marker… SRAM Red 22

SRAM Red Hydraulic disc brake

SRAM Red 22 Hydro Shifter “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” Dr. Seuss