Drop bars and disc brakes
10-30-14, 07:10 PM
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Drop bars and disc brakes
Does anyone have a single speed bike with drop bars and disc brakes? If so where did you purchase it? Hanks
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10-30-14, 08:11 PM
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How about something like this >>> Nature Boy Disc | All-City Cycles
10-30-14, 08:31 PM
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10-31-14, 12:49 AM
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10-31-14, 10:13 AM
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Having been looking for a suitable replacement for my drum brake equipped vintage Fuji single-speed conversion that I used as a wet-weather bike (it was totaled in a collision with a car), I've been looking into this as well. There are a lot of options out there, but the one that's most appealing to me is the All City Nature Boy Disc...provided I can figure out how to get a rear rack to work with it, as well as fenders!
10-31-14, 10:54 AM
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The Nature Boy has hidden fender mounts that can also be used to mount a rack.
10-31-14, 11:03 AM
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10-31-14, 11:55 AM
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I havent been actively been keeping up with road/CX bike disc brake application, but has there been a hydraulic drop lever development yet?
10-31-14, 12:17 PM
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Sorry, can't get link to work, but it's the All City Nature Boy 853.
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10-31-14, 12:35 PM
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10-31-14, 01:33 PM
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Unfortunately, the Nature Boy 853 is now unobtanium. It has disappeared from the All-City website, which is why I couldn't make the link work. According to a blog post, it has been postponed until fall of 2015. 
10-31-14, 01:40 PM
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I have a fairly recently purchased drop-bar disc brake road bike. Been happily riding discs on my mountain bikes for years and figured it was time to give them a try on pavement.
We are just coming out of our rainy season here & I was very pleased with how they performed.
Guess I will be seeing soon enough if my road discs were worth the extra weight and expense now that it is drier...
We are just coming out of our rainy season here & I was very pleased with how they performed.
Guess I will be seeing soon enough if my road discs were worth the extra weight and expense now that it is drier...
10-31-14, 02:19 PM
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10-31-14, 05:18 PM
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I like the Masi, but this one's even cooler: no fender mounts though.
https://www.traitorcycles.com/2013/Bi...C3EE84D12CCF9C
https://www.traitorcycles.com/2013/Bi...C3EE84D12CCF9C
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