on 2/10/10 6:18 AM, Leslie at leslie.bri...@gmail.com wrote: > Okay, maybe a non-Rivish thought, but, since the Hunqa could be > considered a 29er, what about using disc brakes? (Have to admit, I > know little about 'em, seems like it just complicates things more than > they need to be, but, if it'd function well.....)
One of the things you have to do with full disc brakes is to beef up the fork to handle some very different and specific stresses. I don't think I've seen any viable disc-specific forks which aren't pretty industrial. On the other end, whenever I see a gorgeous frame with all all the necessary dangly bits for a disc on the left rear dropout, it just undoes it for me. There is a great deal of info about disc brakes out there, including front wheel ejection issues, how it changes wheelbuilding requirements and the applications in which is makes some sense. - Jim -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Get your photos posted: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines "Then I sat up, wiped the water out of my eyes, and looked at my bike, and just like that I knew it was dead" -- Robert McCammon, "Boy's Life" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
