GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
A group of us were flying down a rolling landscape in a generally down hill but with steep up & down hill sections. The heavens open but we still maintain our speed, a bit further down the road a tractor pulls out of a field. I break off to the right and pull on the front brake, the bike slows quickly & predictably as the other guys go belting passed both yanking on the brakes then both almost get flung hard over the handle bars the pads clear the water film on the rim & start to work.
So now I feel rather smug about having a front disc on the Marin, sure it won't stop the bike quicker but it stops it in a much more predictable way than rim brakes.
So now I feel rather smug about having a front disc on the Marin, sure it won't stop the bike quicker but it stops it in a much more predictable way than rim brakes.