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Just got back from Munich. I love Germany. Everytime I go I'm amazed at their bike usage. It seems as high as Netherlands or Denmark plus they mostly ride bikes that are far more functional than dutch bikes. Most have a geared hub, dynamo, racks, mudguards and kickstand and whilst they're not lightweight performance machines they're light and quick enough for day to day use.
However I've never understood the popularity of Magura rim brakes though. They seem to be on a large number of bikes across the price range. Equally they don't really seem to have taken to disc brakes as much as say we have. Why is that?
From my understanding hydro rim brakes are super sharp but really do they need that when V-brakes are already pretty effective? Surely v brakes would be an awful lot cheaper and only slightly less powerful? The only ppl in the UK I know who use hydro rims are trials riders who need to stop on a pinhead.
Plus I've never seen so many Rohloffs usually on fairly ordinary bikes and often locked up freestanding with a tiny lock. Bike theft seems almost non-existant. Where we were staying we were within 5 minutes walking distance of about 6 bike shops. Usable bike lanes everywhere. God its depressing coming back here given the bike culture they have.