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13-06.-2004, 04:33 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 3
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Re: Pros & Cons of Mechanical vs. Hydraulic Disc Brakes
I've had a Avid Mechanical on the front for about 6 months. (Had a XT-V on the rear). I do a 90 minute ride each morning during the week and some long ones on the weekend. The Avid feels as good now as it did just after break-in. Yesterday, I put one on the back too. I don't think the extra cable and housing are going to be able to deal with the daily grime as well. I'll know for sure in a few weeks. I think one of the keys is how often you wash your bike. Since I stopped washing it, I get almost no crud in the housing. Anyway, I think I'm going to get some hydraulic down the road. Here a money shot of my clean new parts:
http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/862b...h571yABEkQyJRHl
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24-06.-2004, 01:17 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Phoenix, Az. USA
Posts: 19
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Oh puhleeze! Nobody I ever heard of or met anyone who ever wore out a set of rims with their brakes. Speaking as a mechanical engineer the sort of miles you would need to do to wear hardened (sometimes anodized) alloy rims to the point of failure with rubber brake blocks would see your whole bike wear out several times over.
jmitting, I have personally worn through 2 sets of Mavic Open4CD rims at the 8,000 mile mark on my commuter and one set of Mavic 231 on my mtb at 1200 miles. I attribute the wear to riding in the rain and Shimanos' abrasive compound pads. I now run Mavics new Speed City 700c disc wheels with Avid cable disk brakes on my Surly Karate Monkey commuter. The setup is awsome for wet weather riding and avids are no trouble at all to adjust (no tools needed). I also think they stop just as good as my Ultegra equiped road bike and without locking the wheel up in a skid. I now run Hayes hydros on my KHS Mtb. They stop more aggresively than the Avids but the bleeding proccess is a pain and I worry about destrying them in a crash because of the cost and no brake for the ride back. Larry S. |
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