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>>2049603
>makes ur rims a wear item
>kills u in rain

>>2049610
I've never worn out a rim in 30 years of riding.

No thanks.

I just have a coaster brake
>b-but what if u lose a chain
simply don't lose a chain, it's not that hard bro

>>2049655
I should also add that most bikes with coaster brakes are single speed and have chains that are already shortened to remain under tension without needing any kind of chain tensioners so the chances of even dropping a chain are basically 0 if you have a single speed

>>2049603
Have to say I've not been able to conclusively stop the disc brakes screaming. Gone back with OP

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>>2049603
>finally got a 90s mtb with v brakes
>exited to repair and clean it
>new good brake pads and everything
>hop on for a testride
>pic rel mfw braking
>dogshit performance
>/n/ chuds did lie to me about v brakes

>>2049603
Try downhill on these, go ahead.
For road and gravel, sure.

>>2049690
I crossed the Pyreenees on rim brakes. The trick is to sit upright, open your jacket and go as fast as possible, so the air does most of the braking. And always brake hard and short, them release to give the rims time to cool down. But you should do that on discs too.

>>2049707
think the guy's talking about the monster energy type of downhill

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>>2049603
concave brake tracks /10
>>2049621
you only had three bikes in that time ?
>>2049680
kek, could be worse desu

>>2049680
should've went for the cantilever meme instead

>>2049722
I bought new 12spd xtr shifters and they're plastic we can't have anything nice anymore

>>2049610
>>2049621
I've worn 3 rims, 1 enough to crack, I get about 60k miles from a rim riding in all weather and there's a lot of salt, sand, and road dust here. Most normies won't even get close to riding that mileage so rim wear is a non-issue

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>>2049737
Le irony, I've noticed more plastic and CRFP making their way into mid to high end shimano products. One would hope that they are UV stable this time.

>>2049722
no, I had 16 bikes in that time.

>>2049708
if: chairlift
then: disc

fair enough. for people who are not reliant on gravity to do offroading, and every other type of riding: rim.

that's actually why disc was developed anyway so this is uncontroversial.

>>2049735
I dont think that would be better.
I read a lot and the canti/v brake anons said that they will lock up a wheel no problem. They are DOGSHIT. I dont know how anyone did ride these deathmachines down any hills.
Seriously i had no experince at all with brakes like that and thought that they might be quite ok after reading all this stuff here. They have like 25% of the stopping power of the cheapest and worst disc brakes.

>>2049758
breh.. they do need to be adjusted correctly or they will not work, the same applys to disk brakes.
https://youtu.be/uyrlEE9AV58?t=51

>>2049760
this video is really cool

>>2049760
Cool vid but my brakes are adjusted correctly with brand new brake pads.
And im not a scrawny 50kg twink. Im sure they are enough for that but i weigh 90kg pure muscle and they just dont cut it.

>>2049621
second thread where (presumably) your argument is '30 years of riding'
so you're telling us youre riding bikes and, ou NEVER had a rim show its ugly wear marker (or loose it depending on the type) prompting you to 'replace me or I might feel funny and JUST FUCKING KILL YOU AT RANDOM'
Idk but this board is constantly full of motorists who believe riding 5 k km a year makes them less of a motorist or something? Idk.
Either way. I sort of agree. I 'like' cantilevers. Maybe because there's nothing wrong with them and nostalgia.
But they will wear your rims like all rim brakes, V, Canti, hydraulic, center and side pull. They just do.
>>2049610
>makes your rim wear item
Yes but. You rims are subject to wear and will always be. I'll rather have a reminder to replace rims when they saw thwir fair share of riding, got tacoed and untacoed a few times and what not. Disc brakes wont make your rims last forever either, at least not in a safe condition.

>>2049760
yes, but disk brakes are much easier to adjust.

>>2049758
nah

>>2049603
>pull brake lever
>stop
100% sufficient

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I prefer these

>>2049830
sidepulls are goated thats true.

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>>2049830
What is this part actually for?

>>2049847
opens the calipers a bit to take out the wheel

>>2049670
put a credit card or similar thickness at the back of movement to toe in when adjusting.

also, adjust with the springs removed and some tension on the handle and barrel up. then adjust the wire to both things contacting the rim, then release barrel and respring. awesome, good brake and fast action, as it's pretensed.

>>2049879
samefag, reading comprehension and retarded: didnt read you talked about disc.

me message meant for vbrakes.
sorry everyone!

>>2049603
Absolutely hate them. I had a bike with them and they started to rust a little. That completely fucked up their ability to retract evenly and always led to having one break pad close to the rim and ever so slight breaking. I might be retarded, but I was not able to fix the reset mechanism without completely replacing the brake. No a little oil did not fix it. I tried.

>>2049882
Your brake lines were corroded. If lubing them doesn't help anymore, you need to replace them. They're wear items.

>>2049738
60k miles from a rim, really? I'm barely 7k in and there is a noticeable concave already. DT Swiss RR411.

>>2049906
60k was from an Archetype rim I rode until it cracked, the other two sets I replaced around 40k, another Archetype and the other a Weinnmann budget rim. Also, I live in flatland and I'm a 130lb twink, so yeah, that's also why I get a lot of mileage. I also noticed my rims going concave early too, eventually it went deeper than the brake track wear indicator but I still kept riding them until it cracked. How far it'll go I think depends entirely on the thickness of that lip, my budget wheels are actually thicker in that area compared to my performance wheels

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>>2049603
I prefer brakeless freewheel

>>2049603
i like cable disks too and some other kinds of rim brake but vbrakes are fine too

>>2049655
Samefag here
nvmd I just dropped a chain on my single speed, I was going downhill too, but luckily my Fixie instincts kicked in and I was able to respond gracefully and control my downhill speed with my feet until I could reach a turnoff with a small patch of grass to slow me down further
I inspected it, re-railed the chain, and simply continued on with the rest of my 16 mile journey
Later on I got home and adjusted the rear wheel to tighten up the chain because there was a little too much slack in it and also I think lots of oil on it plus sand from riding it near the beach caused the sand to stick to it and work their way under the rear sprocket teeth

>>2049765
yea low profile cantilevers kind of suck, only time I found them sufficient was on a 10 kg bike with servowave levers.
vee brakes and cable disks are much better for going over the handle bars, at least when they are brand new.
>>2049825
>stop
>eventually
however the weaker brakes are quite handy when traction is limited
>>2049788
the static pad on cheap cable disks has to be very close to minimise rotor flex.
and hydros have to be locked out lest one should bump the pads closed stuck.
that said yea its farely easy, only problem is having the correct spare pads on hand.
>>2049882
>their ability to retract evenly
kek so many causes of this
rust on the brake posts (sand this off)
the springs can wear out and turn brittle (replace with new springs)
winding a tension screw too far binds up the adjustment barrel (run both springs way looser)
damaged nylon bushing (replace the entire brake) / extract one from another set of brakes.
bronze bushing too long for the post that its on (yes this is an thing)
fastening bolts too tight (ideally you torque them to spec if the bushings are the right length)
cable housing too short or too long or caught on something.
brake pads at the wrong angle, caught on tire on jammed on wheel rim.
>>2049830
asymmetric cable routing causes those to loose centre, tho not as badly as single pivot side pulls.

>>2049603
>installing v brakes for the first time
>go to park tool on how to set it up
>thisiseasy.tiff
>okay done
>pull lever
>one side pulls more
>no problem
>adjust the tension screw
>adjust it incrementally
>suddenly the tension is on the other side
>can't get to tension both sides equally
>try everything including cable adjustment and putting it on different post holes
HOW

>>2051236
Bad quality v-brakes, even cheap shimano's are terrible, a 30 western currency v-brake is perfectly fine while a 20 western currency is terrible