black'n'yellow
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I think you're taking this 'rim brake' thing a little bit too seriously...
One day you will have bike like this...
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Globalti
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We all have our phobias and obsessions, don't we? Mine stems from years of hearing my soft alloy mountain bike rims being worn away to paste by our Lancashire grit. Once I picked up a big piece of grit in a brake block and in a few minutes the grit sliced a deep groove in the braking surface and wrecked the rim. I got pretty good at changing the rims by taping the new one alongside the old and transferring the spokes over one by one.
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
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TBH, I view rim's as expendable. That is why, for an everyday knock around training wheel, I go would go cheapish wheelset (or a decent hub laced to a readily available and cost efficient rim with readily available spokes so I could have them rebuilt with new rims every so often and easily replace spokes). For a racing or weekend warrior wheel I might buy something nicer (been lusting after some Cosmic Elite's or some Ksyrium Elites), but use it more selectively.
I have been riding on Shimano RS10 wheels for 3 years now, they are just starting to go out of true a bit and the front hub is a bit grabby. But for a sub-£100 wheelset, they are great training wheels (I have read bad reviews about them but so far, they have been good to me)! I also have some Fulcrum Racing 7's, but haven't really used them.
I have been riding on Shimano RS10 wheels for 3 years now, they are just starting to go out of true a bit and the front hub is a bit grabby. But for a sub-£100 wheelset, they are great training wheels (I have read bad reviews about them but so far, they have been good to me)! I also have some Fulcrum Racing 7's, but haven't really used them.
GrumpyGregry
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disc brakes work predictably all the time
rim brakes 'work' predictably some of the time, pass the koolstops someone please, it's raining.
If you're a nine-stone racing snake you won't care, if you pootle about you won't care either, if you're a big unit, or ride fast in all weathers in all sorts of traffic conditions you might care more.
apart from that, it is all hot air and personal taste. Discs on-road going bikes are here to stay, but road cyclists are a conservative bunch so adoption will be slow.
rim brakes 'work' predictably some of the time, pass the koolstops someone please, it's raining.
If you're a nine-stone racing snake you won't care, if you pootle about you won't care either, if you're a big unit, or ride fast in all weathers in all sorts of traffic conditions you might care more.
apart from that, it is all hot air and personal taste. Discs on-road going bikes are here to stay, but road cyclists are a conservative bunch so adoption will be slow.
black'n'yellow
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so in other words - your level of concern is directly proportional to your level of awesomeness..??
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Globalti
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Spot on Chief. I clean my rims thoroughly every month and after every wet ride, and I clean the brake pads and pick out those shiny bits of grit. Also as I posted above, I don't actually use the brakes much on the roadie!
Mr Haematocrit
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Pictures still do not do the bike justice imho, the colour pops more in real life than it does in photo's and the alloy has a more chrome like appearance.
Please reassure me that I'm not deluded and my memory of the bike is correct
Pictures still do not do the bike justice imho, the colour pops more in real life than it does in photo's and the alloy has a more chrome like appearance.
Please reassure me that I'm not deluded and my memory of the bike is correct
My friend.. your memory is indeed correct. The colour is a metallic flecked green and yes the alloys do have a chrome appearance.
GrumpyGregry
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Nope. But once you've tried discs you'll rarely want to ride another rim braked bike again, if you've an open mind that is.
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
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Saw an Orbea this morning. Full carbon road bike, with full length mudguards and disc brakes.
Looked really nice as I passed it on my single speed with rack and trunk bag.
Looked really nice as I passed it on my single speed with rack and trunk bag.
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
I beg to differ. Each of disc and rim brakes have their positive and their negative aspects. With both on the same bike I can feel very little difference in their stopping power and their responsiveness.
black'n'yellow
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I've been switching between rim and disk brakes for several years now - but in that time, it's never occurred to me that my road bikes need more stopping power..
