Prize for the first good reason I've heard to actually carry a chop stick on my bike: Coyote crap's very distinctive stuff, and some trails around here are full of it — including certain sidewalks in my neighborhood's greenbelt.Cleaning dog crap from your e-bike tire tread after you ride through a pile.
and "vibram soles" after you stepped in the neighbors pooch pile.Cleaning dog crap from your e-bike tire tread after you ride through a pile.
I've found that quality polished cables kept clean work reliably. I do give them (shifter) an alcohol wipe down at the first sign of an issue.
If your riding mostly in flat areas cable brakes work great. My first ebike had cable brakes and because I live in an area with a lot of uphill/downhill riding I didn't feel real secure with my stopping power going down a grade at 30mph
. Once I switched my cable brakes over to full hydraulic everything was much better and my next bike came hydraulic.
Yes I find hydraulic better... but it all depends on use like you say. My now spare bike has cable driven hydraulic calipers and I never felt unsafe on the bike even at 30mph down hill. That bike is near half the weight of my current one.If your riding mostly in flat areas cable brakes work great. My first ebike had cable brakes and because I live in an area with a lot of uphill/downhill riding I didn't feel real secure with my stopping power going down a grade at 30mph
They are also lighter weight. With less rotational mass. Really good stuff is really good. Bob White is a couple blocks away. I ride tuned calipers almost daily. Just tap once to shed rain before applying in those conditions. The fulcrum diameter is 622 not 160mm, so much more leverage pull; by almost 5 times. "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world". I would rather a great chef make a simple dish than a mediocre one make a complex dish, every time, such as a very simple French pastry with one batter and five textures.
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wasnt that way originally old earth movers were cable actuated.
Good point so let's start naming some things from the past that were mechanically operated verses hydraulic and or electrically.
BIKES. For the last several days I have been going analog and loving it. This tuned Giant Escape it thrilling and responsive and as fast as my Specialized Vado. But without any fillers, filters, or dilutions. It is like skinny dipping. Next it is getting Big Apples, 622-50's, so it will fly over broken pavement and cobbles and not get flats. I did use a chopstick when installing the bio-wax chain.
You want pre-hydraulic, here you go......
