09-02-2010, 05:42 AM
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(09-01-2010, 08:06 PM)Twitchin Kitten Wrote: Not sure if they rent out the expensive models. I'm in a beach town and most of the rentals are those stupid beach cruisers.
That guy tried to sell me a pink bike last night!I told him I'd rather ride a Hello Kitty bike than be caught dead on something like that! It was god awful Fugly too.
He was showing me some with disc brakes. One with 'brake pads' and another with hydraulic disc brakes. What's the deal with that? Good? Bad? one more thing to go wrong? Maintenance whore? What about if they get wet and I need to stop? He says "on a dime" then I asked if oil got on it, said the same.
That Sedona model had gear shifters that were 'part of' the handlebars. Meaning it was "wrapped around" it at the end of the grips and you 'twist' them. 21 gear cassette. I think he said Giant starts with 21 gears which is fine by me. I'm using 18 now. All internal workings on the shifters were plastic. He says no one makes metal internal workings anymore. But he boasted how the cables (inside the casing) were metal. Gee, really? eesh.
I would ride a hello kitty bike!
I'm sure disc brakes are just fine, I don't have any though. hydraulic disc brakes are supposed to be better than mechanical, oil verses cable.
I figure that you don't see disc brakes in the tour de france, I don't need them. I actually think that disc brakes are heavier than the old style, that's why they don't race with them. Going to a model with discs adds $$$. Probably nice to have but not needed as far as I'm concerned, unless you take up downhill mountain biking or something.
Since I gave up on my old huffy, I have not had any problems with brakes, even my mountain bike with wore out brake pads still stopped good, just made some noise.
I also don't like the twist shifters, if you are really grabbing the bar on some rough stuff or going up a hill or something, there is the chance of shifting when you don't want to. Twisters are for kids and women, or something like that.
I don't know what's inside of the shifters, I don't really want to know. I just want them to keep working. Oil the cables now and again (once a year) and they should be fine.
