I am currently running a hardtail with XT Vees front and rear. I have disk mounts on the forks, but not the frame and my wheelset is also not disc compatible. The weather round here is pretty shitty most of the time (UK).
I am thinking it might be worth upgrading to Margura HS33 rim brakes as an alternative to buying full disks. I am aware that these will tear my rims to shreds but that is not such a great problem as the wheelset is pretty crappy anyway. Once they do fall apart I was thinking of upgrading to something like Hope XC with disk mounts front and rear, and probably a ceramic rim until I can afford to upgrade my frame (probably 2 years time) and switch to disks front and rear.
I have been finding that I get through brake blocks WAAAAAAY too fast with vees and am hoping this will be slower with maggies. (at any rate blocks are cheaper at £14.99 for 4 pairs of blocks compared to £10 for one pair of blocks!)
Any thoughts on the Maggies?
Advice is appreciated.
I am thinking it might be worth upgrading to Margura HS33 rim brakes as an alternative to buying full disks. I am aware that these will tear my rims to shreds but that is not such a great problem as the wheelset is pretty crappy anyway. Once they do fall apart I was thinking of upgrading to something like Hope XC with disk mounts front and rear, and probably a ceramic rim until I can afford to upgrade my frame (probably 2 years time) and switch to disks front and rear.
I have been finding that I get through brake blocks WAAAAAAY too fast with vees and am hoping this will be slower with maggies. (at any rate blocks are cheaper at £14.99 for 4 pairs of blocks compared to £10 for one pair of blocks!)
Any thoughts on the Maggies?
Advice is appreciated.