Originally Posted by
TobyGadd
Photos?
I'm asking because I've NEVER seen a melted disc. GCN even tested a disc brake by wearing a weighed vest while dragging a brake all the way down a huge hill--and the brake was fine. I've descended Mt. Blue Sky and Pikes Peak on my tandem--and nothing melted!
Found on the internet. A Shimano Ice Tech disk.
My brother in law is a bike mechanic. He told me, it's possible, but it usually happens to newbies. It usually is the back wheel (and nobody, really nobody ever - besides some stupid newbies - uses the back brake more than the front brake)