I rode the Great Divide with older Shimano cantis and never felt ill equipped. The last piece I read here from Grant I thought covered his feelings pretty well. Keep it simple. Steve On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 7:59 AM Jeffrey Arita <jeffreyar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Joe, > > A bit of background for you here: Been cycling seriously since 1987. > Ever since disc brakes came out I thought they were just another way for > the cycling marketers to sell more stuff....I did not buy into this 'new > tech.' I continued to ride a v-brake equipped bike. We live here in dry > Southern California, so of course the v-brakes worked brilliantly. With > the 'old' mountain bike looking long in the tooth, I went looking for a new > one. Upon examining all of the disc-brake equipped bikes, I lamented to > the poor salesperson "why aren't there any v-brake equipped atb's out > there?? He looked at me as if I were from Mars of course.....I finally > broke down and bought a brand spankin' new mountain bike, equipped with XTR > hydraulic brakes. After riding it on my favorite off-road loop I was a > convert. The power and touch those brakes provide is amazing. Sometimes > technology is a good thing. This past year went on the Divide and used > disc brake equipped bikes. 25 mile long downhills could do some serious > abrasion to rims. The disc rotors sacrificed themselves as easily > replaceable components....... > > So, yes, I would definitely consider a disc-brake equipped Riv. > > Good luck! > > Jeff > > On Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 12:30:33 PM UTC-8, Joe Bernard wrote: >> >> Now that I've conjured up my future-Riv on the "what type of bike" thread >> (full disclosure: I also sent an email to Roman @ Riv), I guess I'll >> campaign for it on its own thread. >> >> I know Grant/Riv isn't big on disc brakes, but a lot of people prefer >> them in the dirt. I'm not sure there's much of a market for a pricier >> fully-lugged disc Riv, but a Hunqapillar-ish semi-TIGed 650B model in the >> Clem/Roadini price range would be the bee's pajamas. Would you buy a Riv >> dirt bike (I'm campaigning for a small "dirt bike" decal, too) with >> mechanical discs? >> >> Joe "weak hands" Bernard >> >> -- > 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. > -- Steven Sweedler Plymouth, New Hampshire -- 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.
