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> And they have disc brakes, which was the whole reason the department chose a local company – back in 2005, when they were shopping for the bikes, the big com
by strgrd 9y ago
> And they have disc brakes, which was the whole reason the department chose a local company – back in 2005, when they were shopping for the bikes, the big companies such as Kona couldn’t provide them.
I seriously doubt "the whole reason" they went local was because they couldn't find disc brakes in 2005. This is trivial to fact check, just look at Kona's catalog from 2004: http://www.konabikeworld.com/tech/catalog/catalog_2k4.htm http://www.konabikeworld.com/tech/catalog/catalog_2k4.htm Every mountain bike that's not a BMX or DJ has disk brakes.
- GhostVII 9y agoAlso disc brakes aren't really helpful when you are just riding around in the city, just higher maintenance. It would probably be better to just get some decent rim brakes.
- norea-armozel 9y agoDepends. As I use to bicycle all over my hometown during my college days rim brakes could be a problem when it rained or snowed. Mostly because the obvious problem of getting a solid grip on the rim is impeded by the moisture. I'm not sure if a disc brake is any better in this capacity but if it is even marginally better then if I was a PD using bikes to get riot police around I would accept the cost of the maintenance of a disc brake over rim ones.
- howard941 9y agoTFA says they chose it because of the mechanical actuation vs the hydraulic disc actuation. However it could have been updated after your comment.
- strgrd 9y agoYes TFA was amended because AFR decided to send AFE and get it corrected.
- aptwebapps 9y agoYou have an in with their reader's editor? I hear some people would like a work or two with him.