Piaw, what part of the country are you from? The expression, "...squeal like a stuck pig..." is something I rarely hear outside of the Midwest where I live (well, maybe the South or even the Plain states, not sure). Seems to me like most folk out there on the West Coast wouldn't know what you meant by that and would just give you a funny look.
On Monday, January 22, 2024 at 11:20:26 AM UTC-6 pi...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 1:14:10 PM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: > > George: I daresay Grant would balk at this conversion. And I can > understand his allegiance to rim brakes; of all the kinds of brakes, as far > as I can tell, rim brakes give the biggest return in effectiveness > (strength, modulation, time between fettling) with the greatest simplicity > and ease of setup. And I can understand someone choosing a hybrid front > disc/rear rim brake system. > > > Grant's approval shouldn't matter. What I'm curious about is how the bike > performs under hard braking. My understanding is that disc brakes demand > much beefier dropouts and forks, and whether the disc brake won't cause > problems with super skinny fork blades that Rivendell uses because the > assumption is that you'll be using rim brakes. Any approval or "street > creds" should always be secondary to safety concerns. > > I use rim brakes because I never found disc brakes that didn't squeal like > a stuck pig under hard braking conditions. Despite all my attempts I've > only managed to wear out rims from braking in muddy conditions exactly > once, and that was on a 1993 Bridgestone MB-3 that was treated like a > submersible (the bike shop used that as an excuse not to warranty the BB > after just 3 months of use) and ridden through knee deep rivers --- even > then it took me a good 10 years to do so! Granted I live in California, but > I also deliberately make it a point to ride my Roadini off road whenever I > can in the winter season --- when it's cold and rainy the slowness of a > gravel bike no longer bothers me. > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6802ee4d-7a3a-408b-a354-acf07fffd8cen%40googlegroups.com.
