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You know more than I do about bikes. I've assembled one (except for fork/handlebars) myself and have ridden various styles. My only objection is brakes. If it
by unethical_ban 2y ago
You know more than I do about bikes. I've assembled one (except for fork/handlebars) myself and have ridden various styles.
My only objection is brakes. If it can fit your budget, mechanical disc is worth the lower maintenance, adjustment, weather resistance over rim brakes. Disc in general have the fringe benefit of being able to swap tire sizes for different purposes.
Hydraulic disc are smoother and somewhat more effective, at the expense of money and ease of maintenance.
- kjkjadksj 2y agoRim breaks are pretty maintenance free. I just replaced the pads only thing ive done to them in 5 years with this bike. $15 and 2 mins of work.
- unethical_ban 2y agoMaybe it's a bias due to my rim bikes being historically lower quality. My rims get out of true more than my discs, and cheap-style rim brakes are harder to adjust to even braking. I've never owned high quality rim brakes, that could be the issue.
- AdrianB1 2y agoCheck the rims too, when you change the pads there is a chance your rims are very thin and at some point you need to replace it. Not cheap. Mechanical disk brakes are indeed quite good at cost-performance ratio, even if the hydraulic ones are nicer but significantly more expensive.
- kjkjadksj 2y agoIts a cheap mavic rim I could probably get it second hand built already pretty cheap. Plenty of meat on the rim as there is a wear indicator to make it easy. I don’t think its very common to wear through a rim unless you do nothing but mountain descents for years and years.