Jody
Stubborn git
Wow. That little trust in the process that I'm going to manipluate 10 seconds and not push the pistons back properly?
How's about I pick the go pro up and film the retracted pistons after doing it? Still keeping under 2 minutes.
Brakes - which is liked better?
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Wow. That little trust in the process that I'm going to manipluate 10 seconds and not push the pistons back properly?
How's about I pick the go pro up and film the retracted pistons after doing it? Still keeping under 2 minutes.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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How about we are so impressed at your speed we’d just like to see it on film? We can learn from your technique. A picture, 1000 words and all that.
Jody
Stubborn git
Nah, you called me out (more than once) and don't belive its possible.
If you're sure of that, place your bets!
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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i have claris sti matched with tektro md550 disc which are tektro no name spyres
EckyH
Senior Member
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- Nottuln, North Rhine-Westphalia
The hand-between-rear-wheel-and-seat-tube-brake is a mixed bag and probably not for everyone: braking power is as good as a blocking rear wheel can be, but the actuation is somewhat arkward and the modulation is fairly binary. And it hurts...
When we told our former coach that we need new brake pads he told us: "You should steer but not brake!"
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When we told our former coach that we need new brake pads he told us: "You should steer but not brake!"
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Alex321
Guru
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- South Wales
I was thinking of front wheel. In theory it shouldn't take much longer for the rear, but I sometimes struggle to actually get the rear wheel in and out, so in practice it often will.
Alex321
Guru
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- South Wales
Never needed one with either of my bikes that have hydraulic discs.
I do have a bleed kit, which came with some suitable ones, but the one time I have actually bled one of the brakes, I didn't need to replace one.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Why would you lay the bike down?
Either it is in a stand (which can make the wheel slightly trickier to get back in, or you have it upside don on the ground.
I think it's pretty obvious the way the market is heading with disc brakes, even to someone like myself who pays little attention to such things.
Each night when I put my bike away at the Port Charlotte hostel over the weekend, there were always quite a few other bikes there and each night, mine was the only one with rim brakes (there was also a Pashley with drum brakes but that's an outlier). I noticed this at the hostel in Connemara last month too.
On the other hand, I was still perfectly able to stop when required and I could use the money I didn't spend on an expensive new touring bike to sample the Laphraoig
Each night when I put my bike away at the Port Charlotte hostel over the weekend, there were always quite a few other bikes there and each night, mine was the only one with rim brakes (there was also a Pashley with drum brakes but that's an outlier). I noticed this at the hostel in Connemara last month too.
On the other hand, I was still perfectly able to stop when required and I could use the money I didn't spend on an expensive new touring bike to sample the Laphraoig
How soon? my 12 year old GT with Hydraulics brakes have never needed touching, Nor my 6 year old Canyon.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
Rim brakes work very well, but, there are limitations. Bike packing with a heavy bike and some challenging off road terrain, whilst my rear canti was quite capable of slowing and stopping the bike on it's own, it's much harder on the hands than a powerful disk brake for continuous use. I'm happy with rim brakes on the two road bikes and the CX bike in normal conditions, but loaded going down off road descents is something else. The four pots on my MTB have been fab, you can control speed with the rear, even turning the disc blue with heat, without causing finger and wrist issues - the action is so light.
Happy with either system.
Happy with either system.
I think it's pretty obvious the way the market is heading with disc brakes, even to someone like myself who pays little attention to such things.
Each night when I put my bike away at the Port Charlotte hostel over the weekend, there were always quite a few other bikes there and each night, mine was the only one with rim brakes (there was also a Pashley with drum brakes but that's an outlier). I noticed this at the hostel in Connemara last month too.
On the other hand, I was still perfectly able to stop when required and I could use the money I didn't spend on an expensive new touring bike to sample the Laphraoig
Maybe those with the expensive new bikes could afford the Laphraoig as well.
Quite possibly they could.
Jody
Stubborn git
I've had my Anthem 13 years now and I've only bled the brakes a couple of times, not because there was anything wrong but just as a service.
The biggest downside of discs for me has been pad contamination. Not often but it is a pain.
So nothing a £3 can of brake cleaner would not sort out then, I would imagine most people would have used it to clean rim brakes as well, or am I the only one.
