Where do I find affordable disc-ready 20" wheels for a folding bike with disc brakes?
04-11-21, 08:45 AM
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Where do I find affordable disc-ready 20" wheels for a folding bike with disc brakes?
I am looking to buy a folding bike with disc brakes on Amazon for less than $225. If I need a new wheel, how much will it cost? Where would I buy one?
The manufacturers that I am looking at are Foraging Dimple or Hiland/Huntaway. I am thinking that if I could live with non-disc brakes, new wheels would be cheap and easy to get. I don't usually damage a wheel, but you never know.
The manufacturers that I am looking at are Foraging Dimple or Hiland/Huntaway. I am thinking that if I could live with non-disc brakes, new wheels would be cheap and easy to get. I don't usually damage a wheel, but you never know.
04-11-21, 03:14 PM
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I am looking to buy a folding bike with disc brakes on Amazon for less than $225. If I need a new wheel, how much will it cost? Where would I buy one?
The manufacturers that I am looking at are Foraging Dimple or Hiland/Huntaway. I am thinking that if I could live with non-disc brakes, new wheels would be cheap and easy to get. I don't usually damage a wheel, but you never know.
The manufacturers that I am looking at are Foraging Dimple or Hiland/Huntaway. I am thinking that if I could live with non-disc brakes, new wheels would be cheap and easy to get. I don't usually damage a wheel, but you never know.
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Sorry, I forgot to add the word folding. No mass-produced folding bicycle company has followed this advancement (thru-axles). The ones trying to sell disc brakes with QR-skewers are hoping that people don't catch on to them.
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Through axles are nice, but not necessary. QR skewers fave been used on bikes with disc brakes for decades, they work just fine.
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Oh, you can pick up a set of wheels for under $50
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AliExpress will have lots of options or some other website that has sources to the cheap China wheels.
Over here in Singapore, there are many such options.
Quality varies of course from maker to maker.
Regarding QR skewers on disc brake wheels, been using them on my Change Bike for a year now and ridden extensively (and fast ) with them, no issues.
In fact QR skewers was what was available before thru axels on MTB and road bikes.
Over here in Singapore, there are many such options.
Quality varies of course from maker to maker.
Regarding QR skewers on disc brake wheels, been using them on my Change Bike for a year now and ridden extensively (and fast ) with them, no issues.
In fact QR skewers was what was available before thru axels on MTB and road bikes.
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I recommend avoiding disc brake bicycles/frames/forks unless they have thru-axles. Since no mass-produced folding bicycle company has followed this advancement, I recommend choosing something with V-brakes instead. I think you'd be a lot happier with them in both the short term and the long, than with disc brakes that are bodged together with QR-skewers.
Argue the QR point, or forget it.
