I agree with this, Christopher. I actually did chuck a set of Sram disc brakes in the garbage...they were lower level, probably the Level t or something. They just sucked and I could not get them to bite correctly. I have Sram Guide RS on my Trek Remedy now and they have been trouble free and I really dig the feel of them. Maybe Sram just didn't think too much about their lower level junk. (I blame a set of XTR discs for me breaking two ribs in the parking lot of my bike shop last year. lol. I just wasn't used to the bike and shimanos will absolutely lock up a wheel if you aren't careful...which I wasn't. I fell on my elbow and snapped a few ribs, which the owner and workers just won't let me live down.) I do prefer the feel of Sram brakes when they aren't the lower lever stuff though.
I think the Paul Klamper is one of the best brakes made...ever. It's expensive as all Paul parts seem to be, but it is stupid easy to setup and it just plain works really well especially with a Paul canti lever. It also looks nice. On Friday, March 29, 2019 at 1:26:17 PM UTC-5, Christopher Cote wrote: > Disc brakes are a mature product. Paul Klampers and Avid BB7s are > bulletproof and require far less fiddling than rim brakes. As Eric said, > Shimano hydros are trouble free. SRAM hydros belong in the garbage in my > experience, but let's not talk about that. Disc brakes keep your braking > surface and pads further out of the muck. Bent rotors are rare, but if it > happens, you bolt on a new one. You can take it off if it happens way out > in the boonies in order to get home. Best thing in my opinion is that discs > separate tire holding and braking duties. Your rim brakes are wearing out > the part that holds the tire on. Makes no sense. On the flip side, if you > dent a disc brake wheel rim, or your wheel goes out of true, your brakes > are unaffected. > > If you're riding on paved or unpaved roads, rim brakes are fine. Gnarly > east coast trails? Give me discs please. > > Chris > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
