Ultegra Di2 and Disc brakes

[rb58]

N+1 of course.

Anyone know if Ultegra Di2 levers will work with Disc brakes?

Thanks

 

[Piemaster]

Avid BB7 come in a road version which should work with road levers- I wouldn't like to say for certain though. Be aware they also come in a mtb version which have a different cable pull for flat bar V levers (and Tektro 'something' drop bar levers which I use on the commuter)

 

[ianrauk]

Avid BB7 come in a road version which should work with road levers- I wouldn't like to say for certain though. Be aware they also come in a mtb version which have a different cable pull for flat bar V levers (and Tektro 'something' drop bar levers which I use on the commuter)

Yup, I have the road version BB7's running with 105 sti's and they do work very well.
So can imagine that Ultegra would work just as well.

 

[MacB]

Nope, if you combine the electrics of Ultegra Di2 with the BB7 road discs then you'll create a spontaneous combustion event.

 

[cyberknight]

http://www.colnago.com/c59-disc/

 

[rb58]

http://www.colnago.com/c59-disc/

Ah yes, but that's made of plastic and fairy dust!

 

[StuAff]

Ah yes, but that's made of plastic and fairy dust!

The C59 Disc is going to be ready for hydraulic discs (the Formula levers on the Di2/EPS bikes are designed to work with hydraulics). Formula and TRP will both have hydraulic-compatible Di2 levers available this year. For standard Di2 (or EPS) levers, it would be either a hydraulic converter box (like Hope's or TRP's), or cable-operated discs- BB7 Roads, Shimano BR-R505s (which I have with Ultegra 9 speed on the Portland), and so on.

 

[Sittingduck]

http://www.colnago.com/c59-disc/

Horrible colours and the brake levers look freaky!

 

[ianrauk]

Horrible colours and the brake levers look freaky!

We need to get Delzeqq to see this bike

 

[Sittingduck]

Disc brakes on a Colnago just look wrong

 

[StuAff]

We need to get Delzeqq to see this bike

I'm pretty sure it's not available with 9-speed and an 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-12 cassette. Clearly no good for him.

 

[StuAff]

Disc brakes on a Colnago just look wrong

You do know it'll be in any colour Colnago offer, right? The all-black option looks great.

And as for discs: I think Ernesto would say it looks right. And discs make a hell of a lot of sense for road bikes.

 

[cyberknight]

Horrible colours and the brake levers look freaky!

As Stuaff said the levers are are special design that has the hydraulic converter inside the brake hood, as for the colour i am colour blind so i probably have a different view on what looks cack