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I just read the first post in this thread.
Things have changed slightly:
This one is worth more than the one I referred to in the original post!
Things have changed slightly:
This one is worth more than the one I referred to in the original post!
gethinceri barely uses the brakes anyway Brogan !! I have a disc brake bike and a rim brake bike, and not had an issue with either. Took the rim brake bike to Italy, and no issues on the descents, and I am a coward going downhill!!
From what I've read, rim brakes are better for long, sustained braking as the rims are able to dissipate the heat better than small discs (which have been known to fail due to the heat build up).
There are of course other advantages and disadvantages for both systems.
There are of course other advantages and disadvantages for both systems.
And with a bit of my own cycling news, I was just under 29 km/h average on my latest ride.
The new cassette is definitely an improvement on flatter terrain as I have more available gears and better overlap.
It was a fucking nightmare on the 8%-10% grades on the park ride though
The new cassette is definitely an improvement on flatter terrain as I have more available gears and better overlap.
It was a fucking nightmare on the 8%-10% grades on the park ride though
Toe straps are a sort of half way house and nowhere near as good as cleats FB
You can get what are called "campus" pedals which have clips for cleats on one side and platforms on the other, but they're a compromise I didn't want to make.
I can clip my home made platforms in and out in a second so it's a good solution for me.
On an unrelated note, I just got caught in one of the typical torrential thunderstorms here - about 20 minutes from home.
I'm not exaggerating when I say that my feet were fully submerged in water in some of the more severely flooded areas - it was almost up to the wheel hub in places.
I now have a very dirty, gritty, sandy bike which is going to need a complete strip down and rebuild tomorrow - it's not sounding good at all.
You can get what are called "campus" pedals which have clips for cleats on one side and platforms on the other, but they're a compromise I didn't want to make.
I can clip my home made platforms in and out in a second so it's a good solution for me.
On an unrelated note, I just got caught in one of the typical torrential thunderstorms here - about 20 minutes from home.
I'm not exaggerating when I say that my feet were fully submerged in water in some of the more severely flooded areas - it was almost up to the wheel hub in places.
I now have a very dirty, gritty, sandy bike which is going to need a complete strip down and rebuild tomorrow - it's not sounding good at all.
There's something very wrong if you can't get bearings for a specialized rear wheel.
Cartridge bearings.
Finding a replacement wheel/wheelset is proving a lot harder than it should be.
They don't sell the wheel the bike came with so it's either going to be a mismatched pair, or a new set.
The cheapest set I can find which have 6 bolt brake disc mounting and sealed bearings is more than I paid for the whole bike
They don't sell the wheel the bike came with so it's either going to be a mismatched pair, or a new set.
The cheapest set I can find which have 6 bolt brake disc mounting and sealed bearings is more than I paid for the whole bike
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