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Message from discussion Another newbie question... (was: Why are expensive bikes better than cheap ones?)
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From: Peter Clinch <p.j.cli...@dundee.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: Another newbie question... (was: Why are expensive bikes better
 than cheap ones?)
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:01:18 +0000
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sothach wrote:

> I've only seen the Shimano Deore ones on a cross bike I borrowed once.
> Who makes decent ones?

I've heard good things said of (IIRC) Hope's.

> I think the whole idea is barse ackwards, and hydrualic rims brakes
> make a lot more sense: more leverage, more 'modulation', longer pad
> life & easier pad change, free choice of wheels, less load on spokes,
> and off-road: clearance for rocky stream beds & less prone to
> branch-ingestion damage  (for the last two: DAMHIKIJKOK)

But no rim wear, so especially if you're on grit and sand you don't 
destroy your wheels by the act of using the brakes, and the rotor isn't 
as prone to a damn good soaking in rather low friction fluids.

Only the rim wear is an argument on the road, but that's still an argument.

Pete (who uses HS-33s).
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