If FEMA had the bicycles, would it fund Hustler's manlet bib?
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lol
However, I still don't believe I need to spend several thousand dollars for disk brakes on a road bike (not a commuter, not a snow bike, not a unicycle).
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I don't understand why it needs to cost several thousand dollars to put disc brakes on a road bike. My Giant Revel came with disc brakes, and it cost less than $500.
Doing a little comparative shopping on Nashbar, you can buy a complete front & rear disc brake package (calipers, discs, levers) for $85: Nashbar Mechanical Disc Brake Set - Bike Disc Brakes
This is almost exactly the same as a rim brake set of comparable quality from the same vendor: Nashbar - Bike Rim Brakes
In other news, Jerseybike the $95 Walmart Wonder was stolen today, while parked outside Hoboken terminal. I blame myself for having secured it with a cheap Bell brand cable lock, despite having a high-end Kryoptonite U-lock sitting right here on the floor.
RIP Jerseybike, Sep 2013 - Nov 2013.
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I guess now I need to get off my *** and finish the Shitibike build, which has been sitting here in my living room for weeks.
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Rim brakes are lighter than current-tech disc brakes and will lock the rear wheel and/or pull it off the ground, depending on which lever I squeeze. Hustler and I are not descending mountains at 80kph like the pros are, so we have no need for increased fade resistance for the 60-65kph we obtain on rare occasion.
If you want cable discs on your commuter bike, go buy them. Just don't try and convince me that they're better in any way than what I have for my use.
If you want cable discs on your commuter bike, go buy them. Just don't try and convince me that they're better in any way than what I have for my use.
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I am merely stating the obvious fact that for a commuter bike, disc brakes have numerous advantages over rim brakes. Ease of maintenance, highly predictable and linear behavior, and complete imperviousness to water.
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See, this is where I get lost.
I don't understand why it needs to cost several thousand dollars to put disc brakes on a road bike. My Giant Revel came with disc brakes, and it cost less than $500.
Doing a little comparative shopping on Nashbar, you can buy a complete front & rear disc brake package (calipers, discs, levers) for $85: Nashbar Mechanical Disc Brake Set - Bike Disc Brakes
I don't understand why it needs to cost several thousand dollars to put disc brakes on a road bike. My Giant Revel came with disc brakes, and it cost less than $500.
Doing a little comparative shopping on Nashbar, you can buy a complete front & rear disc brake package (calipers, discs, levers) for $85: Nashbar Mechanical Disc Brake Set - Bike Disc Brakes
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You already posted a few pages back that road bikes are "just pipes welded together", you think that road bikes should be as heavy and slow as possible, and you think disc brake son a bike do not require additional engineering other than "glue a couple threaded bungs". Stop posting. The worst part about moderating forums is the inability to put people like you on my ignore list.
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On all the bikes that I have worked on, the levers are freely interchangeable between linear-pull rim brakes and and disc brakes. I assume this would also hold true for other rim brake styles, though I've not had to deal with older designs such as cantilever brakes in quite a long time.
On e-bikes, we always install brake levers which incorporate an electrical switch contact to shut off the motor when the brakes are applied. It's a safety feature in case of throttle failure. I use the exact same levers on bikes with rim brakes as well as with my one bike with disc brakes, using Tektro Novela calipers.
Hydro brakes are obviously a different ball game, and I do NOT endorse that level of silliness on any daily-driver bike, be it an MTB, a hybrid, a roadie, or anything else. Cable brakes were good enough for my Nighthawk 250, and they're fine for my bicycle.
edit: I mention e-bikes only to illustrate the context of my experience in interchanging brake levers.