Best brakes?

On Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 9:32:24 PM UTC-8, James wrote:
On 5/12/19 3:57 am, Tom Kunich wrote:


Changing the subject? Maybe you should learn a little English.


Nice try Tom. Both my parents are from England. More than a little
English is bestowed upon me.

--
JS

Then don't tell me I don't know what I'm talking about when I used to change rims regularly on the older 32 spoke wheels with Mavic rims because the braking surface had excessive wear after only a year of riding.

As fas as carbon wheels - I have 5 or 6 of them - what do you have? These require a cork braking pad or a basalt braking pads and there isn't enough friction to stop the bikes on the sorts of hill even that they have in San Francisco not to mention out in the hills.

I just got back from 40 miles in the damp and while the braking seemed unaffected that is also because I know all of the routes around here and know when to start slowing to be able to stop in time.

Are you suggesting that disk brakes won't brake better? How many disk setups have you tried?

I don't like disks particularly but even I have to admit they have advantages and among those is the ability to do deeper and stop faster.

On 6/12/19 7:30 am, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 9:32:24 PM UTC-8, James wrote:
On 5/12/19 3:57 am, Tom Kunich wrote:


Changing the subject? Maybe you should learn a little English.


Nice try Tom. Both my parents are from England. More than a
little English is bestowed upon me.

-- JS

Then don't tell me I don't know what I'm talking about when I used to
change rims regularly on the older 32 spoke wheels with Mavic rims
because the braking surface had excessive wear after only a year of
riding.

Having a reasonable grasp of the English language and experience with
bicycle rims and brakes are somewhat different things. This thread was
about how well certain brake setups work, or not, and now you're
contesting rim wear that I made no claim about and didn't tell you
anything about.

You need to go cool off, Tom.


As fas as carbon wheels - I have 5 or 6 of them - what do you have?

I covered that some days ago.

These require a cork braking pad or a basalt braking pads and there
isn't enough friction to stop the bikes on the sorts of hill even
that they have in San Francisco not to mention out in the hills.


I am aware that brake pads for carbon rims are generally specified by
the rim manufacturer. I believe the wrong pad material can overheat the
glue holding the carbon fibres together or erode the brake surface
generally, and you can end up with poor brake performance and excessive
rim wear or possible failure.

I just got back from 40 miles in the damp and while the braking
seemed unaffected that is also because I know all of the routes
around here and know when to start slowing to be able to stop in
time.

Good for you.


Are you suggesting that disk brakes won't brake better? How many disk
setups have you tried?

I don't like disks particularly but even I have to admit they have
advantages and among those is the ability to do deeper and stop
faster.


I don't believe I made a claim about disc brakes working better or not,
or rim wear for that matter. You are making such claims, not me.

I said perhaps you and carbon are incompatible, given your complaints
about rim brakes on carbon rims and considering your problems with other
carbon components.

--
JS