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March 19th 19, 05:53 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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The death of rim brakes?
On Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 9:24:16 AM UTC-7, sms wrote:
On 3/10/2019 6:34 AM,
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I keep reading see all the bikes coming out and basically all disc brakes. I cannot believe rim brakes are going to be gone but maybe I am just kidding myself. I frankly hate the disc brake look and certainly for a long time parts will be around but are these rim brakes a dead deal.
Deacon Mark
In 1975 JC Penney sponsored a cross-country bicycle tour to promote
their new disc brake-equipped bicycle, apparently made by Huffy. If not
for JC Penney, we'd all still be riding bicycle with rim brakes or
coaster brakes. Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k10233DdFi0.
Note the lack of helmets and the clothing.
Right after JC Penney came out with their disc brake-equipped bicycle,
Sears came out with their hydraulic brake-equipped bicycle. Sears and
Penney's led us into the age of disc brakes and hydraulic brakes.
JC Penney disc=brake rear wheel:
http://velobase.com/CompImages/Brakes/001CD095-5B7A-4C29-BE06-6F9D357D01CD.jpeg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Eqqa0sg9HNo/hqdefault.jpg
Sears hydraulic brake-equipped bicycle: https://goo.gl/images/ymHkCz
3700 miles with unpadded shorts? I think that we can all ride a bike without falling off of it simply by not riding over our heads so helmets aren't something that would have been the first thing on their minds - but NO PADDED SHORTS??????
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