Muddy <
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> Bill Wheeler <
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> > On 08 Dec 2002 16:36:50 GMT,
[email protected] (Scribe2b) wrote:
> >
> > >is there a need for a disc on back, if good V's are there? it seems on
a hard
> > >downhill you dont need the balanced braking that much in the turns, and
80 per
> > >cent of the braking load is in front. this seems wrong, but is it?
>
> >
> > Although I have disc's all around now I'd only recommend going with the rear discs only if you
> > really want them. For my riding style the rear brake just gives me a little extra.
>
> What?
He's saying they're not as much of an advantage on the rear as they are on the front, because of the
proportional difference between breaking effectiveness between the two, therefore, if you don't
really want, or can't really afford, go with front disc only. Can you not read?
> > If you do go with rear disc I have to recommend the only discs I've ridden, Avid Mechs.
>
> Even if avid was the only disc brake i'd ridden, I still wouldn't recomend it!
>
> >
> > Peace, Bill
>
> Come on Bill, Get of the city shopper, and put on big mud guards, think 1.8 inch tyres and try a
> bridlepath.
C'mon Muddy, get off the skinny tyred bike and get on a beast with 2.6 + tyres, and really grip to
the wet, rock bridleways, single track etc........d'oh!
> <Here we go...> What you need is...Hope disc's, anything less than hydraulic disc and you might as
> well stick to V's. If your running a cable disc, its the same as a rim brake but on a smaller
> circumference. I've never felt a cable disc as snappy as a good setup V. Like the Avids.
Bollox - the Avid mech discs are superb by all accounts. Our own John G, a big lad, has used the
hope (enduro? DH?) 4's, and although he loved them, when he went to Avid mech discs, found he had
excellent braking force and control. Not all mechanical discs are created equal.
> The Hope Mini's are at a great price, very light weight, and even used as a freeride disc, as well
> as a XC race brake.
I have a Hope Mini up front, and I love it. I have V's at back, and they have _plenty_ of breaking
force for that wheel, and then some. The only reason I even _want_ to put a disc at the back, is so
I don't keep trashing rims from all the gritty mud around here.
> Come on you lot, get a rear disc, cough up <cough>.
>
> Muddy - mostly when giving advice.
Learn the differences between fact, opinion, first hand experience, second/third hand experience,
and anecdote, then give some advice. You might just make less of a **** of yourself.
Shaun aRe