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Sealed headsets, bottom brackets seemed to increase reliability and make it easier to repair Braking didn't go from side pull caliper brakes to disc brakes as
by l4yao 8y ago
Sealed headsets, bottom brackets seemed to increase reliability and make it easier to repair
Braking didn't go from side pull caliper brakes to disc brakes as the author suggested. Disc brakes are still quite heavy and expensive and unsuitable in many cases. There are still many new bikes today with side pull caliper brakes and V brakes. Over the years, a ton of different designs were tried like U brakes and cantilever brakes.
- Mediterraneo10 8y agoBut are all the newfangled bottom brackets really more reliable? I know Shimano’s Hollowtech BBs are lighter and therefore more attractive to certain consumers these days, but people seem to have to replace them more often than the old square-taper BBs that one installs and then forgets about for 20,000 km. > Disc brakes are still quite heavy and expensive and unsuitable in many cases. My Spyke disc brakes weigh little more than the Shimano XT V-brakes I replaced with them. While the cost of the disc brake was higher, they might actually prove cheaper in the long run due to less rim wear and therefore a need to have the wheel rebuilt and hand-trued once the rims go.
- ggm 8y agoI do see caliper breaks and cantilevered centerpull. These are now quite expensive and if like me you are buying a commuter bike, disc is the way to go.