Aliexpress Hydraulic Brakes Thread

[Fat Larry]

Thought it might be good to have a central thread for people to report their experiences and ask questions for Ali's hydraulic brake options given there's lots of separate threads and what a minefield brakes can be.

To start off: My experience with Wheeltop flat mount road callipers that come in their TX wireless group set has been flawless so far. Installed them on a flat bar gravel set up attached to a shimano mt200 lever. Push bleed from the calliper was perfect first time with no faffing about, just one syringe up into a cup. Pads seem decent. Stopping power seems good.  Cannot comment to long term use yet as they're only a few months and half a dozen rides old.

Also running a Tanke branded TRP HY/RD knock off on my commuter. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007218455879.html

Again no issues. Braking power was sufficient. Haven't had a lot of time on it yet and probably won't any time soon as i'm not riding the bike its on much. They feel pretty heavy but I don't have an original TRP to compare to.

[Dan S.]

I have the ZRace XG calipers and they’ve been rock solid. Shed a ton of weight on the 105 ones. Had initial issues with bleeding the front caliper, but after a second bleed, everything’s great. Swapped the pads for OG Shimano L05A ones, and the performance doubled.

[lavistaa]

I have the iiipro flat mount 4 piston calipers (hope clones).   A bit didge to bleed as they the old style removeable bleed bolt rather than having a separate “tap” you can nip up before removing the hose.  I use bh90 connectors, olive and hose with no issues. Pads are also unique- look for Hope e4 I believe.   Once on and bled theynare great as well as great looking