I didn't crash. By listening to and feeling the rim brakes I was forced to remove the wheel before it completely failed. I'm not sure that would have happened with disc brakes. However, perhaps I should have stopped using the wheel earlier. I'm simply exploring one possible way that rim and disc brakes are different. Some have already suggested that maybe my rim would not have cracked had the pads not rubbed into the rim, thus calling into question any added benefit rim brakes might have otherwise. I respect that line of logic. I find little credibility in a rider suggesting that "all it takes is a second to look at a rim to see if there is damage" because rim brake pads give far more feedback than the eyeball in terms of vertical and lateral consistency. The original bulge was imperceptible to the eye.
Calling me absurd for riding a bulging rim would have been for more tactful! -Patrick On Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 2:11:00 PM UTC-5, nash...@gmail.com wrote: > > But you ignored the bulge for 1000 miles and only fixed it when you > crashed. All it takes is a second to look at a rim to see if there is > damage. What good is this safety method if you don't do anything about it? > > Why do people like to find reasons why rim brakes are better than disc > brwkes? It is equally absurd as people finding reasons why disc brakes are > better than rim brakes. They are just different. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
