Mechanical disks are at least (I think that's true) as simple and reliable as calipers and cantis and V brakes. All have problems -- mine, with Avid BB7s, is that little forces bend the disks so that they very, very light rub -- "whisk, whisk, whisk" -- but this has been a aproblem only when moving the wheel about, not while riding. The Avids don't modulate as well as the best cantis I've used, but they modulate as well as V brakes, IME.
I recall once, with a flat, somehow knocking a pad (held in place by a spring) off the caliper and into the dirt, but I found it and it was easy to stick back in -- and they're very small to carry. But the real reason I like disk brakes for dirt is not for the brake but for the rim: 1. You can use a 425 gram, 30 mm rim that is sturdy enough for off road; 2. You don't grind the braking surfaces of your expensive rims with your brake pads. Note that if you choose 1, you automatically get 2, 'cuz 1 don't have brake tracks. On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Lungimsam <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it possible to repair disk setups on the roadside? > > I wouldn't want to be stranded with a blown tube, or loss of fluid, or > something else wrong that isn't fixable roadside. > > -- > 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
