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petulance
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Tamyka Bell wrote:
> petulance wrote:
> >
> > One will be hard pressed to get an entry level hardtail (around the $1k
> > mark) that doesn't come with disc brakes nowadays.
> >
> > Heck, I think even the $600 Giants have disc brakes nowadays. So you
> > don't expect a bike with mainly LX with XT derailleurs to come with
> > V-brakes (unless its the entry level Specialized Epic)
>
> They're mechanical discs tho, yeh? Not hydraulics?
Yes, they are probably mechanical discs. The Giants closes to the $1k
mark have single piston hydraulics (Hayes Sole) instead of dual piston
ones.
> I love my v-brakes. Spares are small. Repairs are simple. And they work.
> And as I told my mate, "if you need disc brakes because you're riding in
> mud... well, you suck. Get off the trails in the wet, you're wrecking
> them."
I don't ride in the wet unless I have to (i.e. when it starts bucketing
down in the middle of a ride and you can't bail).
Though I would rather my MTB get wet than my roadie. My roadie doesn't
like the wet.
> petulance wrote:
> >
> > One will be hard pressed to get an entry level hardtail (around the $1k
> > mark) that doesn't come with disc brakes nowadays.
> >
> > Heck, I think even the $600 Giants have disc brakes nowadays. So you
> > don't expect a bike with mainly LX with XT derailleurs to come with
> > V-brakes (unless its the entry level Specialized Epic)
>
> They're mechanical discs tho, yeh? Not hydraulics?
Yes, they are probably mechanical discs. The Giants closes to the $1k
mark have single piston hydraulics (Hayes Sole) instead of dual piston
ones.
> I love my v-brakes. Spares are small. Repairs are simple. And they work.
> And as I told my mate, "if you need disc brakes because you're riding in
> mud... well, you suck. Get off the trails in the wet, you're wrecking
> them."
I don't ride in the wet unless I have to (i.e. when it starts bucketing
down in the middle of a ride and you can't bail).
Though I would rather my MTB get wet than my roadie. My roadie doesn't
like the wet.
