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Forum: Road Cycling
02-08-23, 03:08 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 3,444
Posted By Lombard

How is it we always go from one extreme to the...

How is it we always go from one extreme to the other. We used to have ridiculously narrow rims and tires. Now everyone is looking for wider, wider and even more wide.

And yes, I get it that...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-08-23, 07:25 AM
Replies: 123
Views: 3,444
Posted By Lombard

Hmmm. Sounds like a solution to non-existant...

Hmmm. Sounds like a solution to non-existant problems.
Forum: Road Cycling
02-08-23, 07:02 AM
Replies: 123
Views: 3,444
Posted By Lombard

What is the advantage of hookless rims? To me,...

What is the advantage of hookless rims? To me, that always looked like a catastrophe waiting to happen.
Forum: Road Cycling
02-07-23, 07:10 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 3,444
Posted By Lombard

Would you rather be trampled to death by a hippo...

Would you rather be trampled to death by a hippo or eaten by a lion?
Forum: Road Cycling
02-04-23, 12:32 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 3,444
Posted By Lombard

And eventually the brake track on the rim wears...

And eventually the brake track on the rim wears too.

Don't get me wrong, I'm don't honestly believe in the rim vs. disc brake debate than one is any better than the other. There are good and bad...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-04-23, 09:17 AM
Replies: 123
Views: 3,444
Posted By Lombard

Fixed. Granted this is true, mechanical disc...

Fixed. Granted this is true, mechanical disc brakes suck. And brake fade won't happen if you know how to use your brakes just as tire blow-offs won't happen with rim brakes if you know how to use...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-03-23, 12:26 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 3,444
Posted By Lombard

They all died a fiery death when they tried.

They all died a fiery death when they tried.
Forum: Road Cycling
02-02-23, 08:48 AM
Replies: 123
Views: 3,444
Posted By Lombard

Then again, since carbon conducts heat less than...

Then again, since carbon conducts heat less than alloy, it would be slower to dissipate heat as well.
Forum: Road Cycling
01-29-23, 04:38 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 3,444
Posted By Lombard

It doesn't work that way. Try it sometime and you...

It doesn't work that way. Try it sometime and you will see it requires much more lever pressure (equates to more friction) to get the rear to slow than the front. If you do this with disc brakes, you...
Forum: Road Cycling
01-29-23, 09:34 AM
Replies: 123
Views: 3,444
Posted By Lombard

To be clear, I have never melted a tube and I've...

To be clear, I have never melted a tube and I've gone down plenty of steep hills on bikes with both rim and disc brakes. Granted I use standard butyl tubes. If you are melting tubes, you don't know...
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