On Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 11:45:17 AM UTC-4, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 5:37:35 AM UTC-7, Zen Cycle wrote:
On Friday, September 13, 2019 at 1:01:36 PM UTC-4, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Friday, September 13, 2019 at 9:11:47 AM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:

And why do you want hydro discs? You were claiming they were dangerous
and put you over the bars on your CX bike.


I am sort of upgrading this bike so that my friend who intends to
visit next year will have a bike that fits him.

So, tommy won't ride discs because they're dangerous, but he'll put his friend on a disc-equipped bike he has never ridden.

With friends like tom, you don't need enemies.

On your smartest day you can't even read.

And yet here I am, replying to you in plain english.

I have had several bikes with disk brakes but they are dangerous on
CX bikes and hence on road bikes as well since they can lock the
wheel up so easily.

Yes, WE know. You've written that repeatedly. How does that differ from "tommy won't ride discs because they're dangerous"

And the pads wear so rapidly that you have to check them constantly.

No, they don't, unless you're doing it wrong. But since you think "they are dangerous on CX bikes and hence on road bikes as well since they can lock the wheel up so easily", while the rest of the planet has no problem with them (including me), you're doing it wrong.


My friend is a Cat 3 racer. What are you?

"retied" cat 2 with 142 local wins over the past 30 years. I still race masters open 50+ in road and CX. I cal still pull out a 900 watt sprint at the end of a crit. you?

He's also a retired NCIS agent and carries a gun on himself 24 hours a
day. That should cement your attitude because you are a loser and
can't stand winners.

Are you suggesting that he'd pull his gun on me for speaking my mind? IT wouldn't surprise me he's your friend if that's the case. That's exactly the sort of thing you would pull.


Tell us all what disk bikes you've ridden.

My main CX is a Fort with discs (my pit bike is an old Bontrager Cx, handmade steel before they sold to Trek, not disc)). I also have two mountain bikes with discs - an old Independent Fabrications Custom Deluxe Ti, and my new favorite, a Cannondale Habit 3. I have a KHS tandem that I retrofitted to discs. I go out to Sedona to visit friends on a regular basis and rent a MTB, so have ridden disc bikes out there for the past 6 years.

You're out of your league here, tommy.