Vbruun said:Get a hydraulic caliper. They work much better!
Chalo said:Ah, you're learning that disc brakes are not the same as good brakes. Well, now you know.
Sintered metal pads are an upgrade (until they too get contaminated). Or you can fit a dual pivot caliper brake with good pads, if your rim has brake tracks.
jonescg said:The frame doesn't even have a point for classic calliper brakes.
Chalo said:jonescg said:The frame doesn't even have a point for classic calliper brakes.
No fender mounting holes or anything?
Dude, 99.9% of motorized vehicles use hydraulic brakes, and most of them are disc. You know this. I'd rather replace a rotor over time than a wheel rim. Stop yelling at clouds please.Chalo said:Vbruun said:Get a hydraulic caliper. They work much better!
They oil your pads automatically! Yay!
thundercamel said:Dude, 99.9% of motorized vehicles use hydraulic brakes, and most of them are disc. You know this. I'd rather replace a rotor over time than a wheel rim. Stop yelling at clouds please.Chalo said:Vbruun said:Get a hydraulic caliper. They work much better!
They oil your pads automatically! Yay!
Chalo said:When bicycles start getting hydraulic brakes as reliable as those on DOT vehicles, I'll know. I don't believe they will, though, because the hydraulics are there for fetishistic rather then utilitarian purposes.
Fair point: in fact I believe according to Texas statues the ONYX RCR would actually be a "motor cycle".Chalo said:Those may be statutory "electric bicycles", but they're not bicycles. Their brakes may be okay, or they may be crap, but that doesn't make them bicycles.
Welcome to the club. EVERY time I ride (almost every day) I see AT LEAST one driver blasting thru a red light (theirs). So I too, have learned to preemptively prepare to brake when approaching intersections.jonescg said:Brakes are fine too, I just tend to reach for them pre-emptively if I think I might need them.