2008-06-20 - Rider Down, New brake lever + wet weather

Hey Dubman41,

Are you still buying a new bike? What are you thinking of getting? If you do buy fixed and want to take it out for a spin, let me know. I recently rode fixed wheel from London to Paris and would like to find some more cyclists in Pompey for a Portsmouth to Hayling single speed ride. So far it's just me.......

Gidders

take the lane and dont let any thing past /stay in overtake pos./look out4 indicators/expect the unexpected/dont relay on ur brakes/ride fixed.

Gidders.

Isn't Southsea just round the corner (or is my geography just wrong?)

na-uh. It's the other way around. calipers provide better stopping in the dry, but are weak in the wet. Disc brakes are pretty consistent wet or dry, but don't cool down quick enough to be used on long descents. They only fail when they get too hot and frazzle the pads.

now go sit on the naughty step.

what I meant about wet weather was that 19c-25c tyres do not grip too well.

And because of this lack of traction, the braking power of a dual pivot is much more than needed.

I was just making a guess about the disc brake being good for descents, Ive never used em for that sort of thing, but did notice they heat up a lot very easily.