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tvchimp World Chat Champion
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Posted: 22:07 - 14 Jun 2011 Post subject: Mountain Bike Help |
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or suggestions?
I'm getting a second hand bike from a guy I know, a 'reebok trakker'
https://i.pbase.com/g1/32/615532/2/129644426.ZFTVlsP6.jpg
It will strictly be used for the journey to and back from work (2miles just over), the guy is a bicycle mechanic at decathlon has just done a 'full service' on it (brakes/chain+sprocket/wheels etc) and it's only costing me £65 so IMO it's a bargain for what I'm going to be using it for.
I've got some fairly decent slick tyres (Schwalbe CityJet I think?) from my old bike which should just swap across, but I'm looking to upgrade the front brake from a V-Brake, to a disc brake for a little extra stopping power. And this is where I'm stuck, I've only got a limited budget as my outgoings are through the roof at the moment, so around £60 at the most (which I know is nothing considering what I could spend).
Out of the following, which are going to serve me best? Will I have any issues fitting them to the bike? (It has the fitting on the fork to allow for a disc brake already)
Funn Drop In Disc Brake - £49.99
Avid Juicy 3 Disc Brake - £49.99
Clarks SX Hydraulic Disc Brake - £44.99
Or... Am I looking at the total wrong thing and could I be better off with a cable disc brake (although I'd have thought the hydraulic ones would be better?) ____________________ Bike: Currently Bikeless... Gahh
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Posted: 22:15 - 14 Jun 2011 Post subject: |
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You'll need a new front wheel hub, or whole new wheel too. There's nowhere to mount the disk on that hub that I can see.
IMO I can't see the point in fitting a disk brake. You already have enough stopping power to stand it on it's nose, so why waste the money. V brakes have enough power, are cheaper and more reliable day to day.
Hydraulic disk brakes are better than their cable counterparts, but as I say, stick with the V brakes IMO. ____________________ My Flickr |
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fiveus Spanner Monkey
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Posted: 22:23 - 14 Jun 2011 Post subject: |
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as long as your hubs and forks are compatible go for the juicy 3's |
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Posted: 22:25 - 14 Jun 2011 Post subject: |
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Its a fair amount of money for (to be honest) not much of a bike. With MTBs you pay a lot for not much, then a little bit more for a lot more.
It doesn't even have quick-release hubs, so it will be poverty spec all the way. Think of a Chinese copy CG125.
It will make you fit cycling that weight around, but it will also put you off bikes completely.
For twice as much you can get THIS which, if he's your mate, you can probably get for £20-30 more than the reebok one. ____________________ "because one stroke isnt enough and four strokes waste two" |
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Posted: 23:53 - 14 Jun 2011 Post subject: |
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cagiva gezzer wrote: | It will make you fit cycling that weight around, but it will also put you off bikes completely.
For twice as much you can get THIS which, if he's your mate, you can probably get for £20-30 more than the reebok one. |
Interesting.. In all honesty I hadn't even thought about looking at new bikes, was going down the second hand route as the price was a lot cheaper than a new bike - I'll speak to him and see how much it would cost if 'he' got that bike - it looks fairly decent so may pop to my local decathlon and see if there's one there and how it feels
With regards to riding a bike, I've had quite a few 'halford specials' haha, and I can see how bad they can be, although when I was younger my bike of choice was a £70 'dirt jump bike' from halfords as it just kept going for 3years without me even 'maintaining' it as such. Pretty good imo.
He(my mate) has owned the bike for about 2.5yrs, only rode it around the local area to my knowledge and on the odd trail (no hard stuff!) and he said it's never let him down, being a mechanic I'd suspect he's taken fairly good care of it too (he's kept it pretty spotless whenever I've seen it) so I'm not worried about it's history.
Depending on how cheap I can get that decathlon bike for, may sway my decision, but to be honest, I'm only going to be using the bike on a 2mile journey which will take about 5-10minutes as it's all pretty flat apart from one bridge I have to cross over, so I think the bike should be fine for my 'commute'.
With regards to the brakes, I've only used 2 of my friends bikes which have had disc brakes, and both were pretty awesome in comparison to my old bikes, so I'm going to see how I get on with the brakes (if I do buy it) and then see in a month or so if I still want more breaking power (hopefully getting the back wheel in the air should be easy enough). ____________________ Bike: Currently Bikeless... Gahh |
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Posted: 01:34 - 15 Jun 2011 Post subject: |
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V- Brakes FTW
A new set of well maintained proper 'V' brakes will work just as well, and in my experience if not even better than cheap to middle range discs. (In the dry)
They are also easier to replace.. no hassle ____________________ 07' Honda Hornet now full powaah! My guide on performing an oil change! |
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Posted: 08:28 - 15 Jun 2011 Post subject: |
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cagiva gezzer wrote: | It will make you fit cycling that weight around |
That may be the point. I deliberately got the cheapest, heaviest bike that I could find and mash it up hills rather than sitting and spinning, in order to get a resistance workout. You don't need some carbon fibre wisp to complete a 2 mile commute, and if you do decide to get into Serious Biking For Serious People, can sell on the clunker as and when necessary. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 12 years, 318 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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