Juin Disc Brakes

[gloscherrybomb]

Juin have introduced some new 4 piston and 2 piston hydraulic calipers at the the Tapei bike show. Does anyone know where you can get Juin components from (as close to source as possible?)

[toxin]

The 4 piston have been around a very long time, yoa can get them on amazon, aliexpress, etc., The 2 piston released recently and I havent seen them anywhere

[Serge_K]

Does anyone know where you can get Juin components from (as close to source as possible?)

If you are looking to buy several sets, probably at least 5, then you'll find cheaper prices on Alibaba easily, but then you have to figure out shipping, and Aliexpress has incredibly cheap shipping (a lot of what you pay on aliexpress is shipping, when they say free shipping, you're obviously paying for it in the price).
If you just need one set, realize that they don't need your business, so even if you talk to an employee there, you're not magically going to get a great deal. In fact you're likely going to pay more, because aliexpress resellers get wholesale prices themselves.

One good thing on Alix that you dont have on bang good, for eg, is competition. bang good sells one product from one seller, and therefore prices tend to be high. Alix is a free for all, including scammers, so there's much more competition, driving prices down. Jack Ma created the whole thing literally to create a tool to allow anyone to sell anything.

[gloscherrybomb]

Thanks, I'm not fussed about finding them cheap, just finding them... the new ones are not in the usual places (AliEx) yet.

[Tijoe]

FYI,  Back in 2021, I went down the route of purchasing Juin Tech GT-P4 cable/hydraulic calipers.  I though they were the way to go and be able to use my existing cable index shifting levers on my gravel bike.  Turns out I was wrong, very wrong.   Although they have great stopping power, I had 2 recurring problems that ended up with me pulling them from the bike and migrating to full hydraulic.

1.  On long descents, the calipers would start to overheat, causing the pistons to expand outward onto the rotors, adding more heat by rubbing.  A few times, I had the brake and rotors completely overheated and locked up.
2.  For me, the recommended pads wore really fast,  I found myself constantly having to adjust the clearance between the pads and the rotor in order to maintain good stopping power.   As the pads wore out,  stopping power relative to brake lever pull quickly became an issue.

Not wanting to be to harsh, I ended up hating them.