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Maximum Pace
- Aug 27, 2012
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A friend sent me this link of a disc braked road bike -
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/article/video-superbike-colnago-c59-disc-35290/ And it got me thinking....
Since getting to Tokyo I have bought myself a Hybrid with hydraulic brakes (which I absolutely love) for doing weekend bike rides. http://www.boardmanbikes.com/hybrid/hybrid_pro.html
Its fabulous and the spec actually delivered to me from wiggle was better than on the link above (Ritchy PRO OCR wheels, SRAM front mech, Fizik mag rail seat). On a ride last weekend I found I was concistently freewheeling down hill faster than the others on the ride with supposedly better road bikes (so much for the disc brakes causing resistance) but I miss the drop handlebars from my road bike left back in Blighty and suspect as I get faster the wind resistance won't help with a flat handlebar.
Where has this thinking got me.... building a roadbike with hydraulic brakes for reasonable cost.
I've seen this http://www.wiggle.co.uk/trp-parabox-hydraulic-cyclocross-disc-brake-kit/ which means I could use normal road shifter/brake levers
Any thoughts?
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/article/video-superbike-colnago-c59-disc-35290/ And it got me thinking....
Since getting to Tokyo I have bought myself a Hybrid with hydraulic brakes (which I absolutely love) for doing weekend bike rides. http://www.boardmanbikes.com/hybrid/hybrid_pro.html
Its fabulous and the spec actually delivered to me from wiggle was better than on the link above (Ritchy PRO OCR wheels, SRAM front mech, Fizik mag rail seat). On a ride last weekend I found I was concistently freewheeling down hill faster than the others on the ride with supposedly better road bikes (so much for the disc brakes causing resistance) but I miss the drop handlebars from my road bike left back in Blighty and suspect as I get faster the wind resistance won't help with a flat handlebar.
Where has this thinking got me.... building a roadbike with hydraulic brakes for reasonable cost.
I've seen this http://www.wiggle.co.uk/trp-parabox-hydraulic-cyclocross-disc-brake-kit/ which means I could use normal road shifter/brake levers
Any thoughts?