I was playing around with a bike last weekend and have to agree, hydraulic brakes are not necessary. I Do like them for one finger use in dh mtb. Now that I ride more and more xc as I age, I will probably replace hydraulic with mechanical.
You have to really goof up to contaminate a brake pad or rotor with wires, and I sure as shit don’t carry syringes and fluid with me while riding. I don’t get the adjustment argument as it’s offset by other harder to fix factors.
I use third party sensors on my levers to swap throttle function to variable regen as I use grin components and really like it. Luckily I also have the software installed to let off the throttle and stop pedaling before trying to slow down or stop, which is step 1 to make those sensors work and subsequent variable regen work.
You have to really goof up to contaminate a brake pad or rotor with wires, and I sure as shit don’t carry syringes and fluid with me while riding. I don’t get the adjustment argument as it’s offset by other harder to fix factors.
I use third party sensors on my levers to swap throttle function to variable regen as I use grin components and really like it. Luckily I also have the software installed to let off the throttle and stop pedaling before trying to slow down or stop, which is step 1 to make those sensors work and subsequent variable regen work.