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- From: mhi@arc.ug.eds.com (Mark Irving)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
- Subject: Re: Disc brakes?
- Date: 6 Mar 1994 16:33:37 GMT
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- Matt Bushore (mbushore@icaen.uiowa.edu) wrote:
-
- > Are disc brakes going to eventually become the defacto standard?
- > I am looking for some thoughts on this.....
-
- > With the push on them at the shows this year, I am going to say yes.
- > I can see them on higher end bikes, and trickling down to hybrids within
- > 5 years.
- > They won't turn your rims all ickey,have smoother braking action,
- > permit more tire clearance, more suspension design flexibility, pads
- > should last longer, disc will be cheaper than a rim to replace when they
- > wear out.....[excuse the lack of english in that bit]
- > They are also heavier, a bit more costly, and ugly.
-
- > Remember the last time you descended muddy moutain switchbacks
- > after being caught in a cloudburst?
-
- I hope disc (and drum) hub brakes become more popular. Weight
- and price tell slightly against them, but reliability and
- performance really win out.
-
- The only technical problem I've heard of - never seen - is of
- hub-brake front forks bending or breaking. I suspect the problem
- there is that the reaction arm pushes on only one fork blade, so
- that hard braking seriously stresses the top of the blade where
- it joins the fork crown.
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- Mark Irving Mark Irving<Mark@arc.ug.eds.com>
- Cambridge, England Don't force it! Use a bigger hammer.
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