Tuesday, June 11, 2013

2014 Bianchi Oltre XR2 Disc

Bianchi follows Colnago and Pinarello with a road disc model, for  2014 the XR2 Disc model is equipped with SRAM Red 22 with hydraulic brakes. 



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1 comment:

  1. Hydraulic brakes also use brake levers to push fluid from a reservoir through a hose to move pistons in a caliper, thus forcing pads against a braking surface. While hydraulic rim brakes exist, today the hydraulic actuation mechanism is identified mostly with Disc brakes.

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    Henry Jordan

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