Posted by: fartymarty
Andrew - have you tried a set of Paul Klampers? Is this something NSMB would review?
At one time, years ago, Paul was supposed to send me a pair of Klamper calipers for review. I'd also lined up some compression-less housing to try with them for the best possible performance. It was a while back as I still owned Paul levers and I also had some sweet XTR v-brake levers from BITD and with it being a quick swap I had a whole series planned out. They never showed and he ghosted me like he was hoping for a career at MRP.
In hindsight, I'm very glad he didn't send them (so much so that I'm considering putting on Garth Brook's song Unanswered Prayers while I finish typing this reply). The Klampers are beautifully made and I think overall they're the best cable-actuated disc brake option you can buy (power, manufacturing quality, forever-value, setup). BUT, having now ridden them, if you gave me the choice between Klampers and a good budget hydraulic system - for mountain biking, on the North Shore - I'd take the hydros every day of the week. And I'll note that this assessment is shared by folks I know who have bought and love the Klampers.
I'd really, really like a pair of Klampers for my commuter (to use with my XTR levers) and appreciate the brakes immensely but it would have sucked to write a review saying, that for mountain biking in steep janky terrain, your money is much better spent on some totally-meh SRAM Guide R brakes or that the Paul's are positively blown away by the Magura MT Trail Sports.
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It's funny to me that you asked because after commenting on those purple Paul levers I was thinking that as a smart dude who makes precision components I could totally envision Paul making hydraulic brakes. If they do I'd be very keen to buy a set. Especially if they come in Purple. Or maybe a timeless polished silver?