Unbelievable Schwinn Disc Brakes?
07-19-20, 05:35 AM
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Unbelievable Schwinn Disc Brakes?
I just watched the Netflik series “Unbelievable”. A character was riding a Schwann low end bike in 2008 with disc brakes. It seemed too early in the evolution of disk brakes to see them on an everyday bike ridden by a teenager. Any comments from forum members?
07-19-20, 05:56 AM
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Time flies, doesn't it? I had a low end GT MTB with Avid discs very early in the new Millennium.
07-19-20, 06:44 AM
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Disk brakes, like dual-pivot brakes, have been used on bikes since the 1970s, but they only achieved widespread popularity relatively recently.
07-19-20, 07:01 AM
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Yep, I had disc brakes on my bike in 1977.
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In 2003 I was looking for a new hybrid bike with disc brakes. There were few disc-equipped hybrids on the market at that time - I ended up getting a new Novara Big Buzz. Disc brakes were common only on MTB's.
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