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is there a need for a disc on back, if good V's are there? it seems on a hard downhill you dont
need the balanced braking that much in the turns, and 80 per cent of the braking load is in front.
this seems wrong, but is it? thanks and remember the ozone you spew in traffic helps defeat the
flourocarbons you spew when you rant jc

On 2 bikes i have a disk on the front wheel only. On the rear i have a v-brake. That proofed to be
enough for me. You can test it yourself. Check how much brake force it takes to stop the real wheel
and compare to the front wheel (be careful with the front ;-)) I say also that 80% of the brake
power comes from the front brake.

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Scribe2b said:

is there a need for a disc on back, if good V's are there? it seems on a hard downhill you dont
need the balanced braking that much in the turns, and 80 per cent of the braking load is in front.
this seems wrong, but is it? thanks and remember the ozone you spew in traffic helps defeat the
flourocarbons you spew when you rant jc

I tried it and didn't like it. It's safe, but I found the feel to be so much different that I had
problems with control. Others are happy with it.

And, on the road, 80% of your stopping is in the front. In the dirt, it depends on the terrain and
control 🙂.

David

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is there a need for a disc on back, if good V's are there?

Not really, it depends on if you are upgrading to a disc to get more braking power or buying or
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is there a need for a disc on back, if good V's are there? it seems on a hard downhill you dont
need the balanced braking that much in the turns, and 80 per cent of the braking load is in front.
this seems wrong, but is it? thanks and remember the ozone you spew in traffic helps defeat the
flourocarbons you spew when you rant jc

Although I have disc's all around now I'd only recommend going with the rear discs only if you
really want them. For my riding style the rear brake just gives me a little extra.

If you do go with rear disc I have to recommend the only discs I've ridden, Avid Mechs.

Peace, Bill

The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind should give
an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
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G.T., jim lame, where r you when someone needs you?

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is there a need for a disc on back, if good V's are there? it seems on

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downhill you dont need the balanced braking that much in the turns, and

80 per

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cent of the braking load is in front. this seems wrong, but is it? thanks and remember the ozone
you spew in traffic helps defeat the flourocarbons you spew when you rant jc

On 2 bikes i have a disk on the front wheel only. On the rear i have a v-brake. That proofed to be
enough for me. You can test it yourself. Check how much brake force it takes to stop the real
wheel and compare to the front wheel (be careful with the front ;-)) I say also that 80% of the
brake power comes from the front brake.

And if you really want to stop as fast as is possible (and assuming you have the bike control to do
so) it's 100%

Russ

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is there a need for a disc on back, if good V's are there? it seems on a hard downhill you dont
need the balanced braking that much in the turns, and 80 per cent of the braking load is in
front. this seems wrong, but is it?

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Although I have disc's all around now I'd only recommend going with the rear discs only if you
really want them. For my riding style the rear brake just gives me a little extra.

What?

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If you do go with rear disc I have to recommend the only discs I've ridden, Avid Mechs.

Even if avid was the only disc brake i'd ridden, I still wouldn't recomend it!

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Peace, Bill

Come on Bill, Get of the city shopper, and put on big mud guards, think 1.8 inch tyres and try a
bridlepath.

<Here we go...> What you need is...Hope disc's, anything less than hydraulic disc and you might as
well stick to V's. If your running a cable disc, its the same as a rim brake but on a smaller
circumference. I've never felt a cable disc as snappy as a good setup V. Like the Avids.

The Hope Mini's are at a great price, very light weight, and even used as a freeride disc, as well
as a XC race brake.

Come on you lot, get a rear disc, cough up <cough>.

Muddy - mostly when giving advice.

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is there a need for a disc on back, if good V's are there? it seems on

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cent of the braking load is in front. this seems wrong, but is it?

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Although I have disc's all around now I'd only recommend going with the rear discs only if you
really want them. For my riding style the rear brake just gives me a little extra.

What?

He's saying they're not as much of an advantage on the rear as they are on the front, because of the
proportional difference between breaking effectiveness between the two, therefore, if you don't
really want, or can't really afford, go with front disc only. Can you not read?

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If you do go with rear disc I have to recommend the only discs I've ridden, Avid Mechs.

Even if avid was the only disc brake i'd ridden, I still wouldn't recomend it!

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Peace, Bill

Come on Bill, Get of the city shopper, and put on big mud guards, think 1.8 inch tyres and try a
bridlepath.

C'mon Muddy, get off the skinny tyred bike and get on a beast with 2.6 + tyres, and really grip to
the wet, rock bridleways, single track etc........d'oh!

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<Here we go...> What you need is...Hope disc's, anything less than hydraulic disc and you might as
well stick to V's. If your running a cable disc, its the same as a rim brake but on a smaller
circumference. I've never felt a cable disc as snappy as a good setup V. Like the Avids.

Bollox - the Avid mech discs are superb by all accounts. Our own John G, a big lad, has used the
hope (enduro? DH?) 4's, and although he loved them, when he went to Avid mech discs, found he had
excellent braking force and control. Not all mechanical discs are created equal.

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The Hope Mini's are at a great price, very light weight, and even used as a freeride disc, as well
as a XC race brake.

I have a Hope Mini up front, and I love it. I have V's at back, and they have _plenty_ of breaking
force for that wheel, and then some. The only reason I even _want_ to put a disc at the back, is so
I don't keep trashing rims from all the gritty mud around here.

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Come on you lot, get a rear disc, cough up <cough>.

Muddy - mostly when giving advice.

Learn the differences between fact, opinion, first hand experience, second/third hand experience,
and anecdote, then give some advice. You might just make less of a [censored] of yourself.

Shaun aRe

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He's saying they're not as much of an advantage on the rear as they are on the front, because of
the proportional difference between breaking effectiveness between the two, therefore, if you don't
really want, or can't really afford, go with front disc only. Can you not read?

Thank you kindly, you are so eloquent.

Peace, Bill The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind
should give an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
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He's saying they're not as much of an advantage on the rear as they are

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the front, because of the proportional difference between breaking effectiveness between the
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really afford, go with front disc only. Can you not read?

Thank you kindly,

You are welcome. It was clear to me, however, from what you yourself wrote - only an eejit would
need it re-explaining.

"...need it re-explaining"? Put that way, *I* need it re-explaining!

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you are so eloquent.

But I walk on two legs and I'm skinny. You calling me 'big nose'?

Err, elephino? 😄

Let us not add Mr. Wheeler to the tiresome quartet of Rimmer, Harris, Chequer and Pritchard. Hmmm,
sounds like a law firm...

Blah, blah, blah, back and forth, tiresome [censored] on about nothing at all. It does have the salutory
effect of reducing Mr. Wheeler's one-line replies to something more fun. 🙂

To Muddy (an apt description of his thought processes):

I am running an Avid mech on the front, Avid Ti V on the back. I have not found hydro setups to be
so much better than this as to warrant the additional cost. The full Hayes hydro setup on my former
Kona FS was OK, but not so much better than my current set-up as to notice a big difference. There
*was* a difference, just not much of one. The Avid mech is easy to install and use, in comparison to
the cantis that used to grace this bike's fork. The disk brake is better than the V it replaces,
mostly in the area of modulation. It also doesn't surprise me with lack of initial power in the wet
like the Vs did. So far, I have been very pleased with this setup, and would recommend it to anyone
wanting to get into disks. (Anyone dumb enough to take a barney's advice on anything mtb, that is.)

BTW, my semi-slick road tires are wider than 1.8 - hell, I think even Rimmer is longer than that. A
1.8 tire is pretty puny.

Now back to your regularly-scheduled slagging match.

Spider

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only an eejit would need it re-explaining.

"...need it re-explaining"? Put that way, *I* need it re-explaining!

Bill had explained it clearly, re-explaining it should have been redundant, to all but an eejit.
You must be an eejit to need the re-explaing explaining, ya eejit.

Could be. But first, could you re-explain what "re-explaing" means?

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Blah, blah, blah, back and forth, tiresome [censored] on about nothing at all.

Listen up, you [censored] iddy-biddy-diddy arachniddy, '[censored]' maybe, but you can take yer 'tyresome'
and shove it up yer fat [censored] slack [censored]. [censored].

Ooooo, a good one. Damn, I thought you had spent yourself on Stupidski.

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Bill had explained it clearly, re-explaining it should have been

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to all but an eejit. You must be an eejit to need the re-explaing explaining, ya eejit.

Could be. But first, could you re-explain what "re-explaing" means?

It _means_ I made a typo - hell fire you're being stooopid today Spidey!

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can take yer 'tyresome' and shove it up yer fat [censored] slack [censored]. [censored].

Ooooo, a good one. Damn, I thought you had spent yourself on Stupidski.

Heheheh, nicely sarcastic there Spidey - you know I only fished a crumb out for that tired and
pathetic little child, heheheheh - c'mon, even an eejit [like me] could dance all over his sorry
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to all but an eejit. You must be an eejit to need the re-explaing explaining, ya eejit.

Could be. But first, could you re-explain what "re-explaing" means?

It _means_ I made a typo - hell fire you're being stooopid today Spidey!

You're the one with grammar and spelling, ummm, well, errr, whatever and you're throwing around
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Ooooo, a good one. Damn, I thought you had spent yourself on Stupidski.

Heheheh, nicely sarcastic there Spidey,

No, no - I really *did* like it. I'm having a bit of a [censored]-take and you are rising to it
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*sigh*

'Tis true. You'd think after getting his head handed to him on more than one occasion he'd learn to
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It _means_ I made a typo - hell fire you're being stooopid today Spidey!

You're the one with grammar and spelling, ummm, well, errr, whatever and you're throwing around
words like "stooopid?" Tsk, tsk.

Yes, I corrupted the word 'stupid' for purposes of emphasis and expression.

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Ooooo, a good one. Damn, I thought you had spent yourself on

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Heheheh, nicely sarcastic there Spidey,

No, no - I really *did* like it. I'm having a bit of a [censored]-take and you are rising to it
quite nicely.

Carry on - I'm having great fun, thankyouverymuch ',;~}

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you know I only fished a crumb out for that tired and pathetic little child, heheheheh - c'mon,
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eejit

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silly

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*sigh*

'Tis true. You'd think after getting his head handed to him on more than one occasion he'd learn
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Yeah, well - s'pose not evryone can be as wise as us eh? ',;~}

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Later octoped.

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