I think a Quickbeam would make an excellent commuter. As for mechanical disks, which I've used now on two bikes: I've got over 1500 miles on my current set of disk pads -- come to think of it, they may have double that for all I know, since I forget if they came with my Fargo or if I installed them after purchase; at any rate, at least 1500 miles, the pads have half their width left, and they are still fully in adjustment -- which in any case is easy with the caliper dials. IME, the real hassle of disks is that it is easy to bend the rotors and, once you do this, you can't perfectly straighten them out again. But for weather-proof-ness, ease of wheel removal and swapping between rims of different width, and power -- tho' not modulation or looks -- they seem to me to be ideal.
Note that disks on a fixed gear would seem to me to be overkill. I agree that the more occasional the use, the more viable a battery light -- as long as your batteries have very long shelf life. One option that splits the difference with advantages compared to either is a good bottle or bb dynamo. I'd post a photo of my Riv fixed commuter, but y'all are familiar with it already -- prolly ad nauseam. On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Jeremy Till <[email protected]> wrote: Mechanical disc brakes don't work, since they too go out of > adjustment as the pads wear. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
