I think you missed my point in about ServoWave in this piece which is about Shigura brakes not Shimano brakes. Shimano brakes are designed to work with ServoWave and the pads sit further from the rotor initially. It makes it easier to set up brakes drag free.
Magura brakes are designed with the pads sitting much closer to the rotor. Combined with a ServoWave lever the initialization of the brake has a strange initial power band. In my experiments, using a non-ServoWave lever with a Magura caliper has tons of power and a much more consistent feel.
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As a ServoWave aside: 20% compared to what? Hayes Dominion blows anything Shimano makes out of the water in terms of power and lightness of action without any initial pad movement trickery. Shimano’s budget non-ServoWave brakes use longer lever blades for more leverage, and comparing new-new the action feels much nicer out of the box (I’d love to try a pair of 4-Piston Shimano calipers with their XT T-8000 levers - long blades / no ServoWave).
20% compared to a Shimano brake with exactly the same layout as a ServoWave model but with no ServoWave?
May 16, 2022, 5:22 p.m. - Andrew Major
I think you missed my point in about ServoWave in this piece which is about Shigura brakes not Shimano brakes. Shimano brakes are designed to work with ServoWave and the pads sit further from the rotor initially. It makes it easier to set up brakes drag free. Magura brakes are designed with the pads sitting much closer to the rotor. Combined with a ServoWave lever the initialization of the brake has a strange initial power band. In my experiments, using a non-ServoWave lever with a Magura caliper has tons of power and a much more consistent feel. ——— As a ServoWave aside: 20% compared to what? Hayes Dominion blows anything Shimano makes out of the water in terms of power and lightness of action without any initial pad movement trickery. Shimano’s budget non-ServoWave brakes use longer lever blades for more leverage, and comparing new-new the action feels much nicer out of the box (I’d love to try a pair of 4-Piston Shimano calipers with their XT T-8000 levers - long blades / no ServoWave). 20% compared to a Shimano brake with exactly the same layout as a ServoWave model but with no ServoWave?