Originally Posted by
mdilthey
Hard to find a better investment. You're kind of saying "I haven't crashed my car, so seatbelts and airbags are useless."
I bet there were people who were satisfied with steel rims, but a safety upgrade goes a long way.
I used to complain about the bad brakes on one of my bikes, until a close call one day.
I stopped at a four way stop sign, a car to the right was slowing down to stop so I started to proceed thru the intersection. That car driver apparently was afraid he might have to wait for a couple extra seconds for me, so he hit the gas to try to beat me thru the intersection. I was only doing maybe jogging speed, but I hit the brakes so hard my rear wheel came off the ground. Fortunately I was going so slow I did not do an endo.
Bottom line, I stopped complaining about my bad brakes, when you need brakes you might find that you really have them.