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Rever brings flat mount to their dual piston mechanical disc brakes

Written by Zach Overholt
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The road bike industry may not be changing to flat mount overnight, but there are bikes out there with the new standard like the Orbea above. New flat mount frames are backwards compatible with post mount disc brakes, but if you have a bike with a new, supposedly better standard, then it would be nice to take advantage of it, right?

Joining the number of brake manufacturers introducing new flat mount compatible designs is Rever. However, Rever’s MCX1 flat mount caliper is one of the first dual piston mechanical disc we know of to be offered in flat mount…

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Basically their MCX1, only smaller, the MCX1 flat mount uses a smaller brake pad since the actual caliper is smaller. However, Rever mentions it is still a standard Shimano size pad which will make finding replacements easy. Unlike many mechanical disc brakes, the Rever MCX1 uses a twin moving piston design  rather than one fixed and one moving piston.

Currently available for OE customers only, consumer availability is scheduled for mid summer with pricing TBD.

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Zach Overholt is the Editor in Chief of Bikerumor. He has been writing about what’s new in the bicycle world for 12+ years. Prior to that, Zach spent many years in the back of a bicycle shop building and repairing nearly every type of bike, while figuring out how to (occasionally) ride them.

Based in Ohio, Zach is now slowly introducing a new generation to cycling and still trying to figure out how to fit the most rides into a busy schedule as a new dad.

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rizzlemcdizzle
rizzlemcdizzle
8 years ago

That kink in the cable doesn’t look very promising..

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Justin
Justin
8 years ago

Look at the wicked bends in the cable housing. There is going to be a ton of friction added to those systems.

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David Tollefson
David Tollefson
8 years ago

The calipers themselves look great. The cable routing, not so much.

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Theo
Theo
8 years ago

The first picture perfectly illustrates a major design flaw. Even the best cable and housing won’t run smoothly when bent like that. Imagine this with a 140mm rotor!

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astrayvelo
astrayvelo
8 years ago

Maybe I’m reading the article wrong, but you wrote, “Rever’s MCX1 flat mount caliper is the first dual piston mechanical disc we know of to be offered in flat mount…”

Yet earlier last year on this same site you posted about the TRP Spyre Flat Mount,

https://bikerumor.com/2015/09/08/eb15-trp-adds-flat-mount-spyre-mechanical-disc-brakes-new-aero-rim-calipers-updated-forks/

So wouldn’t the TRP be first?

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Bernard Leeds
Bernard Leeds
8 years ago

How compare to TRP Spyr/Spyke in price? and stopping power? and weight?

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Devin Zoller
Devin Zoller
8 years ago

That little guy? I wouldn’t worry about that little guy.

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Pete
Pete
8 years ago

Whatever happened to the TRP flats you reported on last Fall?
https://bikerumor.com/2015/09/08/eb15-trp-adds-flat-mount-spyre-mechanical-disc-brakes-new-aero-rim-calipers-updated-forks/

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56625899844
56625899844
8 years ago

I don’t think it would add a lot of friction, but man it looks bad.

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anonymous
anonymous
8 years ago

That cable bent hurts, they need to start including noodles or something

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cole
cole
8 years ago

Forget the tight housing bend, imagine how potentially interesting (+painful) the outcome would be if that excess cable managed to bounce into one of the many pockets in the rotor…

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Moab Schnitzel
Moab Schnitzel
8 years ago

Could that cable have been left longer? Long enough to pass through the caliper or rotor is an accident waiting to happen. Zoinks!

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sad
sad
8 years ago

Would very highly recommend anyone to use hydraulic disk brakes and always skip on the mechanical. The advantages of mechanical are so few (yeah it works better in the wet than cantis), you’re still better off with decent cantis, which tend to have a better cable leverage ratio.

Most road cyclists don’t seem to understand that though, and think all disc brakes are equal – having never used a MTB, I can see it a lot among friends here.

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Tupac
Tupac
8 years ago

The tight housing bend can be fixed with nokon or aican housing, that’s not a huge dealbreaker. What concerns me, with this post and so many posts on social media, and seeing bikes on showroom floors – are SUPER long, excessive cable ends not trimmed correctly on mechanical disks. Cut the amn cable 10mm after it exits the cable anchor bolt. Why do mechanics not do this?

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joel
joel
8 years ago

What about a brake line that comes down the seat stay?

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Want
Want
8 years ago

A brake line that comes down the seat-stay won’t have the caliper mounted in the frame, it will be on the back of the seat-stay as well.

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LemondRider
LemondRider
8 years ago

Santana has used flat mounts for decades.

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bmwt
bmwt
8 years ago

waiting for a product test. The pre-flat mount versions were reviewed poorly here.

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Darryl B.
Darryl B.
7 years ago

These brakes are the worst mechanical brakes ever!
There is just to many dead stroke in the lever, I adjusted the spring tension bolt to the maximum and even add some barrel adjusters in the cable, but that doesn’t help.
An email at the tech support from Rever didn’t help also because they don’t reply 🙁
Don’t buy it, the TRP Spyre’s I have on my Jamis Renegade are cheaper and way way better…

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