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Rim brakes are not great in wet conditions and limit tire sizes to about 28mm. Lightweight steel tends to be flexy and susceptible to dents.
by loeg 2y ago
Rim brakes are not great in wet conditions and limit tire sizes to about 28mm. Lightweight steel tends to be flexy and susceptible to dents.
- grogenaut 2y agodefinitely with you on rim breaks... I thought they mention in one place they can put discs on these. I'm a large person and live in Seattle so I've been rocking discs on a cyclocross style bike since 2010 back when everyone was anti discs, they're far superior glad people finally got sane about them.
- loeg 2y ago> I thought they mention in one place they can put discs on these. Yeah, they can do it, but they'll be a little heavier than those relatively light rim brake steel bikes linked earlier. (The rotors/calipers, hydraulic, fluid, stronger fork leg required all just add mass.) I'm also in Seattle! Disc brakes all day.