Hay guys I have been seeing bikes with disc in the front and v's in the back, why is this. Its mostly on urban style bikes but Im woundering what the advantage this would have.
THANKS
I have this on my XC race bike, there is no real need for discs in the rear. All your stopping power comes from your front, the rear is just there to control speed, so you can drop a lot of grams and still maintain the usability with V's in the rear.
When discs were new technology, some frames didn't have rear disc mounting tabs yet...but newer forks had them, so they'd just put the brake up front. Same thing for people upgrading older bikes.
As for V-brakes being just as good in the rear, that's a crock. True, if you've only got one disc, it sure as hell better be up front, but a disc in the rear is that much better than a V in the rear as well. There's no comparison, especially when you're dealing with wet conditions.
MD
Edit: Street bikes don't generally need a lot of braking power, so they tend to be the last vestige of V-brakes in mountain biking aside from really old-school XC riders.
Dude, can you PLEASE try to learn some grammer and spelling. At first it was funny, then after a while it was a little sad, now it's just plain annoying. Not to be rude, but man your posts are hard to read. Especially when I am sneaking in my Monkey time at work and need to skim most of the posts fast.
In terms of trials/street riders, a disc is just one more thing to get f**ked up if you are grinding, stalling, etc. Also, especially for trials, you don't need modulation, alll you need is power to lock the brake. Rim brakes are best for that.
I think really vee brakes in the rear is more of an image thing than anything else for the "core" riders, just like riding brakeless is cool for BMX. Sure you can ding up a disc if you're grinding and maybe you could break a frame but in reality how many people do you see ridding that are really skilled enough that a vee brake is going to make a differance. On the other hand, how many people do you see riding downhill or cross country who really have the skill to make disc brakes worth while?
I think really vee brakes in the rear is more of an image thing than anything else for the "core" riders, just like riding brakeless is cool for BMX. Sure you can ding up a disc if you're grinding and maybe you could break a frame but in reality how many people do you see ridding that are really skilled enough that a vee brake is going to make a differance. On the other hand, how many people do you see riding downhill or cross country who really have the skill to make disc brakes worth while?
I think really vee brakes in the rear is more of an image thing than anything else for the "core" riders, just like riding brakeless is cool for BMX. Sure you can ding up a disc if you're grinding and maybe you could break a frame but in reality how many people do you see ridding that are really skilled enough that a vee brake is going to make a differance. On the other hand, how many people do you see riding downhill or cross country who really have the skill to make disc brakes worth while?
uh huh. So you're saying the same brakes on my bmx that can hardly stop me on my 15lbs bike can stop me and my 45lbs bike (with tires that weight more than my bmx frame) while decending a ski-resort style downhill and not fade/catch fire/explode?
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