Shimano br-rs505 calliper replacement options?

Hello good folk in the Workshop!
I'm fed up of replacing my BR-RS505 callipers (paired with the ugly 105 RS505 shifters) only for the new ones to leak after a while too. I've read a few places that imply that any shimano hydraulic callipers are interchangeable (even MTB) but I don't think their compatibility charts agree with this.

Anyway, what would you replace the callipers with? Ideally cheap, but reliability is probably more important.

Comments

  • For flat mount that are compatible with your shifters/mineral oil, I can only think of an 'upgrade' Shimano flat mount ones like the next-generation 105 caliper, or Hope do one I believe. There may well be others :smile:

    I must admit I never liked those 505 shifters either.

  • photonic69
    photonic69 Posts: 2,709
    Following as I have the same issue. Not bothered by the shifters TBH, but the sticking caliper pistons annoy they hell out of me!


    Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.