Little Things You Love

[creaky]

The fact that Gianni Bugno still races rim brakes
Disc brakes on road bikes are totally unecessary
As are gravel bikes...
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The fact that Maurice Garin still races without brakes and in black and white. Impressive.
Brakes on road bikes are totally unnecessary.

 

[Rusty_68]

Also you need a couple of these

https://ridesofjapan.creator-spring.com/listing/rim-brake-defense-force-brigh?country=AU&currency=AUD&product=2&tsmac=google&tsmic=youtube&variation=6046&view_as=USA

I can't get the pink in my

 

[Rusty_68]

The fact that Fred Flintstone rides a fixed gear, so doesn't need rim or disc brakes.
Dropper posts on mountain bikes are totally unecessary

 

[creaky]

The fact that Fred Flintstone rides a fixed gear, so doesn't need rim or disc brakes.
Dropper posts on mountain bikes are totally unecessaryView attachment 389306

Yeah, but is he riding inserts?

 

[Cardy George]

Dropper posts on mountain bikes are totally unecessaryView attachment 389306

Now yaw speakin my language!

 

[bear the bear]

Gianni Bugno is retired, and what a former pro may prefer is relevant to 95% of other cyclists?

Sorry. I thought I was being ironic? Obviously not. A bit like Alanis Morissette and her completely non ironic lyrics to her song 'Ironic'.

No one is forcing you to buy a disc brake roadie...ride what you want.

Very true. But they are forcing me to vote in another pissing contest in a couple of weeks.
Roadies don't need anywhere near the same braking power as an MTB and while they'll all weighing their scrotum hair to save a nano-gram, they are adding a shit load in the form of calipers, rotors, hydro levers, hydraulic cables. Not to mention the added gyroscopic effect (re: stress) on the hubs. Next time you have a bike in the stand, spin the rear wheel as hard as you can and try to stop it at the hub and then the rim. See which you have more luck with?

Disc brakes on roadies aren't about stopping power, it's about modulation which the previous generation of carbon rim brake wheels failed at in comparison to discs. This is without bringing in carbon rims in the wet...
Also noting that we are still stuck at the 6.8(?)kg weight limit posed by the UCI and a team like Ineos was struggling to hit it with their Pinarello frames is why they were the last hold out for discs. Every other team can hit the mark and exceed it, thats why pro's don't care. If the limit is reduced things may change

 

[The Duckmeister]

With carbon rims it is about braking power. Although advancements in pad compounds and rim surface trearments over the years have brought big improvements in performance, they're still not face-peelingly powerful. Rim brake modulation on any material is a bit ordinary because cable friction comes into play. Where discs really win aside from the modulation is the low input effort required to engage high power, and the better consistency of performance in mixed conditions.

 

[Oddjob]

Num num num...

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[Dales Cannon]

Track discs have no braking surface....

Ssshhhh. He has never ridden one. It's ok, he is seeing a qualified taxidermist.

 

[moorey]

Track discs have no braking surface....

Spoked wheels aren’t discs.

 

[bear the bear]

Spoked wheels aren’t discs.

In geometry, a disk (also spelled disc) is the region in a plane bounded by a circle.

 

[moorey]

In geometry, a disk (also spelled disc) is the region in a plane bounded by a circle.

Dang. So all this time, in geometry, I’ve been wearing a wedding disk/c. Who knew?

 

[Dales Cannon]

Dang. So all this time, in geometry, I’ve been wearing a wedding disk/c. Who knew?
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Spelled dicks.

 

[moorey]

Spelled dicks.

 

[The Duckmeister]

Spoked wheels aren’t discs.

By that illogic, spoked/cutout rotors aren't discs either....

 

[moorey]

By that illogic, spoked/cutout rotors aren't discs either....

I’m not saying they are.
Just calling someone by a name doesn’t make it that thing.

 

[bear the bear]

Dang. So all this time, in geometry, I’ve been wearing a wedding disk/c. Who knew?
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That would be an annular cylinder....

 

[Dangals]

Related to my LTIH post - I am kinda enjoying replying to every DM that I am getting about my bike with the link to the ad where it has been relisted and telling them to offer him the same price he bought it from me just a couple of days ago.....

 

[Dangals]

Getting a message from the scumbag buyer who is being hit up with people trying to buy it for the same price he paid me rather than his inflated price asking me to take my listing down and stop ruining his sale..... priceless.

 

[cokeonspecialtwodollars]

Getting a message from the scumbag buyer who is being hit up with people trying to buy it for the same price he paid me rather than his inflated price asking me to take my listing down and stop ruining his sale..... priceless.

So good.

Now ask him if it's still available and offer him 25% less than what he paid you.