Fixed Gear Disc Brake

i got a litre for around 2 quid, escapes me where i got it from, has been nearly three years since i purchased it.

Water and alloys is a no no, it will ruin internals. Why do you think you are not advised to put pure water in engines, pure coolant, or coolant mixed with water..water=over time=knackered.

Plus 'pads and water' no...no advice for other pads is there, same principle. Get them hot..cool..get them hot..cool..repeat until nice and grippy. If they squeal on application, put a smidgen of copper grease on the non friction face of the pad, elimantes annoying brake squealage =)

Which is what my motorbike is getting saturday..brake service 'squeal Argh!'

I used to have a mechanical avid disc on my bike at uni (until it was stolen) though I can't remember which one. I never had a problem with it. Maintenence was way easier than on my current shimano hydraulics and the feel of the brakes was really positive.

Also have those kona forks on my hybrid and a mates put some on his mountain bike for commuting. No complaints at all.

you're less likely to faceplant with a disc because of where the force is implemented - ie the centre of the wheel.

it doesn't aesthetically please me on road bikes but they are certainly functional if not entirely necessary.

you're less likely to faceplant with a disc because of where the force is implemented - ie the centre of the wheel.

the rantings of an idiot

you're less likely to faceplant with a disc because of where the force is implemented - ie the centre of the wheel.

Can you provide a scientific explanation of this?

no i apologise
i read that on a jump bike forum about 5 years ago and have presumed it to be true ever since.
bad times.

a scoblemoment

It's true, a disc brake applied to the centre of a wheel actually suspends the laws of physics.

indeed.
should probably brush up on the laws of physics

It's true, a disc brake applied to the centre of a wheel actually suspends the laws of physics.

If you have a disc braked bike with a smaller wheel in front, but a larger disc in the front you can use it to travel backwards in time, fact.

Disc brakes were developed by the US military to enable non-faceplanting time travel

Lol

indeed.
should probably brush up on the laws of physics

Laws like this are meant to be broken.

The exception that proves the rule and all that...

I've faceplanted more with discs than any other brake,
how about we just keep it brakeless?