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Disc Brakes on Touring Bikes
I am in the process of building a touring bike that will last me the
ages. I have found my frame (www.vanguard.com). It has housings for both disc and v-brakes. Now, I know that it is best to stick to simple brakes when out in the middle of nowhere, and I shall be using v-brakes when I'm touring down Europe. But would still like to knwo if it is possible to find/build-easily a drop handle lever that will be able to operate a set of disc brakes. Any ideas? As we are on subject, if anyone can recommend a good set of fully-loaded touring forks, then please divulge. Many thanks, Lief |
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Pheonix Ribbon wrote:
I am in the process of building a touring bike that will last me the ages. I have found my frame (www.vanguard.com). It has housings for That link is for Vanguard Mutual Funds. I already knew they have great index funds, but I didn't know they also sell frames. :-) both disc and v-brakes. Now, I know that it is best to stick to simple brakes when out in the middle of nowhere, and I shall be using v-brakes when I'm touring down Europe. But would still like to knwo if it is possible to find/build-easily a drop handle lever that will be able to operate a set of disc brakes. Any ideas? I only use cantilevers on my touring bike. I wouldn't trust v-brakes fully loaded for distances. Maybe others would, but I wouldn't. As we are on subject, if anyone can recommend a good set of fully-loaded touring forks, then please divulge. Contact a local frame-builder or wherever you got your frame. Make sure you get CrMo if you're going fully-loaded. |
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"Pheonix Ribbon" wrote in message om... I am in the process of building a touring bike that will last me the ages. I have found my frame (www.vanguard.com). It has housings for both disc and v-brakes. Now, I know that it is best to stick to simple brakes when out in the middle of nowhere, and I shall be using v-brakes when I'm touring down Europe. But would still like to knwo if it is possible to find/build-easily a drop handle lever that will be able to operate a set of disc brakes. Any ideas? Avid Mechanical ball bearing disc brakes are then next best thing to hydraulic discs and better than V's. They make a version for road bikes. They are quite simple and probably easier to set up and maintain than V's or Canti's. I have hydraulic disc brakes on all my mountain bikes and will never go back to V's except for maybe a beach cruiser. As we are on subject, if anyone can recommend a good set of fully-loaded touring forks, then please divulge. Sorry can't help there. Mike |
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"Pheonix Ribbon" wrote in message
om... I am in the process of building a touring bike that will last me the ages. I have found my frame (www.vanguard.com). It has housings for both disc and v-brakes. Now, I know that it is best to stick to simple brakes when out in the middle of nowhere, and I shall be using v-brakes when I'm touring down Europe. But would still like to knwo if it is possible to find/build-easily a drop handle lever that will be able to operate a set of disc brakes. Any ideas? As we are on subject, if anyone can recommend a good set of fully-loaded touring forks, then please divulge. Many thanks, Lief Avid has cable actuated disc brakes that are designed for road bikes - which includes taking into account normal roadie lever cable pull. Not hydraulic, but cables are easy to find, whereas Shimano Mineral Oil or DOT 5.1 can be a bit difficult to find in, say, Cambodia. Just bring an extra set of pads or two, just in case - but they last a pretty damn long time. Jon Bond |
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I only use cantilevers on my touring bike. I wouldn't trust v-brakes
fully loaded for distances. Maybe others would, but I wouldn't. I would. I've toured with Vs with no problem. Usually tour with cantilever. I've never had any problem with V-brakes and have had plenty with cantilevers. |
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Pheonix Ribbon wrote: I am in the process of building a touring bike that will last me the ages. I have found my frame (www.vanguard.com). It has housings for both disc and v-brakes. Now, I know that it is best to stick to simple brakes when out in the middle of nowhere, and I shall be using v-brakes when I'm touring down Europe. But would still like to knwo if it is possible to find/build-easily a drop handle lever that will be able to operate a set of disc brakes. I was going to do this and bought the pieces. However I discovered disk stuff is rugged and incredibly heavy. Just one caliper Hayes MX-1 is 250 grams. When touring I would rather this weight on board be something more useful so will not be fitting them. |
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gmaker wrote:
Pheonix Ribbon wrote: I am in the process of building a touring bike that will last me the ages. I have found my frame (www.vanguard.com). It has housings for both disc and v-brakes. Now, I know that it is best to stick to simple brakes when out in the middle of nowhere, and I shall be using v-brakes when I'm touring down Europe. But would still like to knwo if it is possible to find/build-easily a drop handle lever that will be able to operate a set of disc brakes. I was going to do this and bought the pieces. However I discovered disk stuff is rugged and incredibly heavy. Just one caliper Hayes MX-1 is 250 grams. When touring I would rather this weight on board be something more useful so will not be fitting them. diacompe 287V levers work with V-brakes, so probably with a V-brake lever compatible mechanical diskbrake too. -- Marten |
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I swapped a Magura HS-66 rim hydraulic (drop levers) on my Touring bike for
an Avid mechanical on the front only (to get SDI rear changing). Result: at 160mm disk the result was worse than the Magura hydraulic rim system. But having become addicted to SDI, I persisted with a 185mm "extreme" disk. Now the thing stops on a dime. Compare steep drop-offs where friends on road bikes (Dura-ace, etc) get cramps in both hands, I've two finger braking (I don't use the rear except when stopping at road furniture). If you're touring fully loaded, take a lot of spare pads (small but expensive). In Hong Kong I went through a set every 4 to 6 weeks. Now I'm in the UK, brakes are rarely needed. But touring fully loaded will eat pads for breakfast. And BTW non-original pads won't fit. There is an auxiliary spacer spring that fits around the pad material tightly. Avid shapes their material to allow it to fit. Non-originals were caught by 2001 model magnetic mounting example and have not "fitted" their material exactly, resulting in the spacer spring not fitting, in my experience. Phillip "Jon Bond" wrote in message ... "Pheonix Ribbon" wrote in message om... I am in the process of building a touring bike that will last me the ages. I have found my frame (www.vanguard.com). It has housings for both disc and v-brakes. Now, I know that it is best to stick to simple brakes when out in the middle of nowhere, and I shall be using v-brakes when I'm touring down Europe. But would still like to knwo if it is possible to find/build-easily a drop handle lever that will be able to operate a set of disc brakes. Any ideas? As we are on subject, if anyone can recommend a good set of fully-loaded touring forks, then please divulge. Many thanks, Lief Avid has cable actuated disc brakes that are designed for road bikes - which includes taking into account normal roadie lever cable pull. Not hydraulic, but cables are easy to find, whereas Shimano Mineral Oil or DOT 5.1 can be a bit difficult to find in, say, Cambodia. Just bring an extra set of pads or two, just in case - but they last a pretty damn long time. Jon Bond |
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Gearóid Ó Laoi, Garry Lee wrote:
I only use cantilevers on my touring bike. I wouldn't trust v-brakes fully loaded for distances. Maybe others would, but I wouldn't. I would. I've toured with Vs with no problem. Usually tour with cantilever. I've never had any problem with V-brakes and have had plenty with cantilevers. I have Tektro cantilever (wide profile, by Sheldon's terminology http://www.sheldonbrown.com/cantilever-geometry.html) brakes on my Dawes Horizon. Compared to the Weinmann "U-style" brakes I had on my 15+ year old Eddy Merckx, which I gather are also a type of cantilever, these are pretty poor. They feel spongy and unresponsive, even after fully adjusted. Though the Weinmanns are poorer still in comparison to the "V-style" brakes on my friend's mountain bike -- let's just say I now believe all his praise of V-Brakes and "I can pull an endo with one finger" ranting. But perhaps that is a little extreme... I don't need something so responsive that I'm going to wash out the front if a fly lands on my finger while I'm braking, but I did like the brake response on the Eddy. (His girlfriend was riding with me the other day and she locked up the rear pretty severely coming up to some traffic lights, but she is an inexperienced rider.) Dani |
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