Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: zen cycle Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Disc brake maintenance tips Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 06:26:43 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <1_AgO.310553$bHO6.249470@fx06.ams4> <%TViO.55021$DsP2.10913@fx16.iad> <8Q_iO.47978$ZUI2.28126@fx02.ams4> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 12:26:44 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1ad09888f3eb194d4c63e5c26130f7a6"; logging-data="1409847"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/FD7SBw7aYDeL6ACza/GmtTueuHmteVoQ=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:en20Hnb6p3eTrUOVDMbGWeY8Zkw= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <8Q_iO.47978$ZUI2.28126@fx02.ams4> Bytes: 2240 > Tom Kunich wrote: >> >> Well, I would say that is your non-racing opinion and as such is >> different to the circumstances we were talking about. They would only be >> as dangerous as you allow them to be in heavy traffic. They weren't inherently dangerous, and were only dangerous in the hands of incompetent twits like you. >> I don't remember >> ANY MTB's with downtube shifters. But I can't remember what my MB-2 had >> on it. Looking it up it had friction thumb shifters. Because taking your hand off the bar on an MTB in technical terrain _was_ inherently dangerous. We aren't talking about MTBs dumbass, we're talking about road biking/racing.