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Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Extensive article on Rivendell and Grant Petersen Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:37:55 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: <vcuis4$37v5r$1@dont-email.me> References: <vcn277$1minb$1@dont-email.me> <IbWHO.21156$MxR.18519@fx47.iad> <vcpiki$29eeg$1@dont-email.me> <vcpu65$2ausd$2@dont-email.me> <vcqif4$2hoq2$1@dont-email.me> <VEfIO.1095856$azJ4.449168@fx16.ams4> <vcsa02$2q622$1@dont-email.me> <boc3fjlebcqkp6iefao8a13js0nbj8gu50@4ax.com> <f994fj9rcdc9bajsqiu1dcehv69hbt3r53@4ax.com> <vcu1u6$35eqk$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: frkrygow@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:37:56 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9c65e914804687ac337fb7fda3f4798f"; logging-data="3407035"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+1YuT3BWX+nHUb17wTsShkZAfpCWcOaXA=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:WBPgP0RTnW4gwQ3KLE36eVLpjBI= In-Reply-To: <vcu1u6$35eqk$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1957 On 9/24/2024 5:48 AM, sms wrote: > > > Even racers have now switched to disc brakes. There's a tiny weigh > penalty but that is offset by improved aerodynamics. All my bikes since about 1970 have always had caliper brakes. I continue to ride caliper brake bikes with no problems. I see no reason to change to something that's more complex. So can we do a poll? How many here no longer use any bikes except those with disc brakes? How many are still somehow surviving with (horrors!) caliper brakes? -- - Frank Krygowski