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Advanced_Ad8002 on June 25, 2025 6:42 pm How about checking Shimano‘s compatibility charts? Instead of asking random anonymous redditors?
gcerullo on June 25, 2025 6:57 pm Compare. https://bike.shimano.com/products/components/pdp.P-BR-R8000.html https://bike.shimano.com/products/components/pdp.P-BR-R8100.html
davidjacob2016 on June 25, 2025 6:58 pm They should be fine. You can fit a wider tire easier with the 8100
karlzhao314 on June 25, 2025 7:22 pm They’re the same brake. Shimano just rebranded it to R8100 to maintain groupset consistency with the R8100 rim brake groupset.
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yes. It’s probably just a different color
I don’t know
Probably, as long as they have the same reach
How about checking Shimano‘s compatibility charts? Instead of asking random anonymous redditors?
Compare.
https://bike.shimano.com/products/components/pdp.P-BR-R8000.html
https://bike.shimano.com/products/components/pdp.P-BR-R8100.html
They should be fine. You can fit a wider tire easier with the 8100
They are the same
Yep
They’re the same brake. Shimano just rebranded it to R8100 to maintain groupset consistency with the R8100 rim brake groupset.
Yes.
They’re basically the same. Why?