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This requires a bike that doesn't have hand brakes, otherwise the zip ties would get caught on the brake pads.
by TimMontague 16y ago
This requires a bike that doesn't have hand brakes, otherwise the zip ties would get caught on the brake pads.
- digitallogic 16y agoAlso, it is gonna be even more of a pain to change a flat.
- jemfinch 16y agoOne benefit of snow is that it protects from a lot of the things that would ordinarily cause a flat.
- tomjen3 16y agoYou just need to have a cutting tool on you at all times, but you should do that anyway since a knife is very useful.
- jessriedel 16y agoBut then you have to put on a whole new set of zip ties too.
- mhd 16y agoThe pictures are a bit blurry and I'm not up to date on my hipster brake technology, but he seems to have hand brakes. With enough clearance, this shouldn't be a big problem.
- maximilianburke 16y agoI think the other poster he meant disc brakes vs. centre pull/cantilever cable-actuated brakes.
- TimMontague 16y agoAh yes, disc brakes would explain it.
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- barkingcat 16y agoYah the bike in the image has disk brakes. you can see the disk at the centre of the wheel. Disk brakes have "handlebar" brake levers, but the braking force is directed by small pads that grind against a disk - just like car brakes. They can be mechanical or hydraulic based.
- imd 16y agoBy hand brakes, you mean rim brakes. Disc brakes are operated by hand, and they work. The only brake I can think of that's not a hand brake is a coaster brake.