Snow or mud in joyous amounts are the only other reasons I can think of for disk brakes. Should I get a Surly 29er+ or fatter, I'll likely go with cable disk brakes for those two reasons so I simply don't have to worry about it.
With abandon, Patrick On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 7:30:48 AM UTC-7, Ron Mc wrote: > > a tandem is the one place a rear disc is a big advantage. Long descents > on a tandem with rim brakes can heat the wheel enough to blow out a tire. > > On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 8:24:50 AM UTC-6, Matthew J wrote: >> >> > What about female retrogrouches? Do we just let our leg hair grow out? >> :-D >> >> Well sure1 Why not ;) >> >> Of course I do not ride at speeds some other cyclists do, but my two >> bikes, one with braze-on center pulls the other with dual pivot side pulls >> both stop so well I just do not understand the push to add the complexity >> inherent with hydraulic brakes. I could see pushing to make rim brakes and >> cables lighter or prettier or what not. Just don't understand the all out >> push to eliminate altogether. >> >>> >>>> -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
