[ggm]

They're Tektro. That "in practice its somewhat fiddly" bit sounds like where I am.

I'll go canvas my options with some other stores. Who knows? Maybe I'm being sold a line of guff here?

(and its a Merida 200 not a Movida. I was having a bad hair day)

[midoridensha]

I have Tektro on one bike. They work fine, but maintenance on them is more of a pain than Shimano. I'm probably going to swap them out for Shimano later, because the Shimano brakes on my road bike are so much easier to work with.

[PascLeRasc]

Your brakes use mineral oil, and you can use any kind of mineral oil you want in there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63VIuPiX3CA