| Re: Road bike with discs and fender mounts?
"Tom Keats" <tkeats2005@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:lp7vpe.pbd.ln@bud.garden.local...
> In article <45c318ef$0$16712$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
> "Gooserider" <Gooserider@mouse-potato.com> writes:
>> Even though I'm happy with the performance of my Ultegra calipers with
>> salmon Kool Stops, I've been thinking about buying a rain bike with
>> discs.
>> What are my choices?
>
> Split the difference, and obtain thee an older,
> rigid-forked MTB with old fashioned cantilever
> brakes for a "rain bike". And those old fashioned
> centre-pull cantilevers are a lot easier to fit
> fenders around, than V-brakes.
>
> Kool Stop salmons (or something like them) are
> available for those ancient relics, too.
> Even non-threaded-post pads.
>
> But I still like the gummy cheap-o $2 black rubber pads.
> They wear fast, but there's a point where they're
> oh so lovely when first worn-in.
>
> After that point, they suck. Then ya spend another $2.
>
>
Thanks, Tom. I would rather go with a 700c wheeled bike, so I would be
looking at touring or cyclocross bikes. My commute is pretty long and I
don't want to do it with a flat bar, and I don't want to muck around with
trying to get an MTB to fit me properly with a drop bar. The reason I like
the Kool Stops is because of their performance, but especially because of
their lack of mess. I had to spend 20 minutes cleaning black grit off my
rins and tires when I rode the stock pads in the rain. No thanks on that.
:-)
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