Originally Posted by
teicher
OMG, you do NOT need disc brakes to pull your kids around! That's horrible advice, ignore it! Leave the bike as is, ride as much and as often as you can as a family, and enjoy yourselves. You bought a perfectly good bike from a company that is passionate about making good bicycles, the components will hold up and you have a warranty in case something doesn't. End of story.
jsdavis wasn't telling me to change the brakes, just letting me know how to find out if my bike is capable to taking disc brakes IF I should want to in the future. But I agree, I think my bike is fine the way it is. Some of the posters were getting me worried with their comments to my post (if you read all of them above, you'll see what I'm talking about). The owner of the bike shop seemed very knowledgeable, and was very aware of what our needs were. I'm sure they wouldn't have steered me toward something that wasn't safe for the baby. Supposed to be 50 and sunny tomorrow, so I might try out the trailer for the first time with my daughter!
