Joined: Sep 2018
Posts: 703
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From: Shenandoah Valley, Northern Virginia.
Bikes: '99 Trek 520, '20 Kona Sutra (FOR SALE 48cm), '21 Simon-Bikes mini-velo and a chromoly-framed folding bicycle with drop-bars and V-brakes, that rolls even while folded.
My opinion was formed on the following timeline:
1. Wanting disc brakes.
2. Buying a disc brake bicycle that, by mere coincidence, happened to be thru-axle.
3. Seeing that people are having disappointing results with QR-disc brakes.
4. Reading about how disc brakes are strong enough to overpower QR-skewers.
5. Feeling relieved that my bicycle was designed with thru-axles.
6. Being annoyed that manufacturers are using the advantages of disc brakes to sell bicycles that turn out to be disappointing. I could've easily fallen victim to that.