I haven't owned a riv in 5 years. The last one I had was a Bleriot. I really preferred the low-trail front end geometry, and Bleriot was too stout and didn't have enough tire clearance. I have 5 bikes, and might trim down to 3 or 4 one day. All of them use rim brakes and 650b wheels. 42mm tires are the skinniest I ride these days. I have two bikes that will take up to 55mm knobs with fenders, so clearly I have bikes to ride quite a different varieties of terrains.
Given all that, the benefit of disc brakes for me is one based not on functions per se, but on availability of nice rims. There are less than a handful of lightweight and well-made 650b rim-brake rims, whereas the selection for 650b/27.5 disc-only rims is huge. Given that I have 5 bikes to ride and also have horded several spare rims, market forces aren't likely push me to switch to disc brakes any time soon, but it's a nagging concern for sure. Franklyn On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 10:42:04 AM UTC-7, Jim Bronson wrote: > > Agree, if that's the only reason for preferring discs, it's a solution > in search of a problem. > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 12:39 PM, EasyRider <peter...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Can you describe the wheelsets/swapping you do? I have a disc bike, and > with > > high-quality tires in the 650b x 40-50mm range, I don't anticipate > swapping > > very often, if at all. > > > > On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 1:17:43 PM UTC-4, Jeff wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Garth <gart...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> ... > >>> > >>> The disc brake mentions have me wondering aloud, what did people do > >>> before disc brakes ? > >> > >> ... > >> They didn't swap wheelsets with different diameters and wildly > different > >> width tires in a matter of seconds, or at all, with caliper, canti or > >> v-brakes. > >> > >> Arguing that one brake stops better than another in all possible > >> situations with all possible riders is a not likely an argument worth > >> making, regardless of the brake that you'd represent. > >> > >> The ability to swap wheel sizes and tire widths in ways that was not > >> previously available to me was not my original focus in moving to disc > >> brakes, but, it has become a great feature, when selecting the right > bike > >> frame, to be able to maintain fewer complete bikes with an extra > wheelset or > >> two, to be able to satisfy a wider range of riding situations. > >> > >> -Jeff > >> Silver Spring, MD > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > signature goes here > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
