V brakes or Cantilevers?
12-07-11 | 01:20 PM
#51
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Yes, my build is not a winter Armageddon bike. Just a touring bike with studded tires and good quality rim brakes. If the weather is un-safe for rim brakes, I'll be off the bike.
Winter days here in Chicago sometimes look like this;
Winter days here in Chicago sometimes look like this;
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12-07-11 | 01:51 PM
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Anyhow, Side Pulls like that are so easy to remove,10mm nut, or an allen hex,
and slip the cable out of the lever
a wheel swap with drum brakes are no big deal..
then the rust on the springs in the brakes, etc .
won't be an issue. ..
City's snow clearing will go under the Budget Axe soon.
and slip the cable out of the lever
a wheel swap with drum brakes are no big deal..
then the rust on the springs in the brakes, etc .
won't be an issue. ..
City's snow clearing will go under the Budget Axe soon.
12-08-11 | 07:02 PM
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Well, I'm narrowing down my choices;
The Soma bars arrived and they are not going to work with road bike brake levers. I may not be able to use them on this bike. I'll put them on my hybrid.
I'll buy the Salsa Moto Ace Woodchipper handlebars. These will fit my 25.4mm stem size, and will take brifters or bar-end shifters and the black finish matches everything else.
The Soma bars arrived and they are not going to work with road bike brake levers. I may not be able to use them on this bike. I'll put them on my hybrid.
I'll buy the Salsa Moto Ace Woodchipper handlebars. These will fit my 25.4mm stem size, and will take brifters or bar-end shifters and the black finish matches everything else.
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When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
12-09-11 | 11:13 AM
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I'm not finding any rear drum hubs. I was thinking of sourcing a S-A Drum brake & Dyno front hub and selecting the same rim I use now. Then, just install a extra lever on the cross bar. The bike would still have front & rear rim brakes.
During mild weather, I would change the front wheel to a standard hub.
The problem is that, due to snow & ice, I would have a 100% effective brake on the front and a less effective rim brake on the back. That seems like a problem.
During mild weather, I would change the front wheel to a standard hub.
The problem is that, due to snow & ice, I would have a 100% effective brake on the front and a less effective rim brake on the back. That seems like a problem.
If you have no luck finding this online, have your LBS check with United Bicycle Supply out of Ashland OR for availability.
12-09-11 | 11:18 AM
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Sturmey Archer X-RDC rear drum brake for cassette application.
If you have no luck finding this online, have your LBS check with United Bicycle Supply out of Ashland OR for availability.
If you have no luck finding this online, have your LBS check with United Bicycle Supply out of Ashland OR for availability.
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When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
12-09-11 | 12:56 PM
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Personally, I like modern S/A drum brakes; not everyone does. But it takes the guesswork out of a retrofit where you might be anguishing over which length of reach you need on caliper brakes, or just prefer a hub brake option. Also doesn't need any braze-ons -- either canti studs or disk tabs -- to work with just about any bike. Probably wouldn't use them, however, on a bike with carbon stays/fork...
12-10-11 | 10:52 AM
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that's a nice ideal, but i live in a tiny highrise condo downtown and i just don't have a good place to clean my bike in the winter, other than my balcony, and it's cold as hell out there at this time of year. i got tired of freezing my butt off out on my balcony cleaning my rims throughout winter so that i could still stop my bike if i needed to. hydraulic discs won't eliminate that entirely, i'm just hoping i don't have to spend as much time as i did last winter cleaning rims.
