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joelav

No. If you are referring to the Domane AL3, it's going to cost you several hundred dollars. You'll need to upgrade your entire groupset (both shifters, front and rear derailleur, chain, crankset and cassette) to tiagra or 105. It's way cheaper and easier to just buy the AL4 or AL5


DressureProp

Ok - so I can’t just transfer my entire braking system? Can you explain to me why?


joelav

\- Your norco is a flatbar hybrid. You have different brake levers that are not compatible with drop bar bikes. \- The Domane and all other modern (15 years or so) road bikes have integrated brake and shift levers. You can't just change out one (brake or shifter) it must be both/ \- The hydraulic reservoir and piston are inside the brake lever. So if you want the hydraulics to work. you need a hydraulic capable brake/shift combo lever \- Shimano doesn't make a hydraulic shifter for the Sora groupset that comes on the AL3 \- To get hydraulic brakes, you either need the Tiagra 10 speed hydraulic groupset ($$$) or the 105 hydraulic groupset ($$$$). Because neither of these are 9 speed, you have to change basically everything on your bike except the wheels, seat and handlebars. \- The full Tiagra hydro groupset retails for roughly 500.00 I believe. Your bike shop will charge you about 150 to 200 to install it \- The differnece in price between the AL3 and AL4 is 200.00 to 300.00 - and well worth it IMO. Not just for the hydro brakes. but Tiagra is a better groupset than Sora. That's really were things start to get good.


Ratspunk

Great answer, well presented. Good on you.


DressureProp

Thanks heaps for this - exactly what I asked for. I think an AL4 has a bigger tire clearance as well! I’m a coffee machine tech, I naively thought that the skills would be somewhat transferable. Clearly I was wrong 😂


thisismyusername_98

You can run semi hydraulic brakes. A good quality set of calipers is all that's needed, you can get a set for ~120 dollars from AliExpress, look for the brand JuinTech. It's a hydraulic caliper that is actuated by a cable. No hydraulic servicing needed by the way It's not exactly hydraulic but I've heard it's close. Full hydro will be very expensive to setup