Mountain Bike Hydraulic Disc Brake
Hydraulic disc brakes vs V-brakes?
Am planning to buy a durable mountain bike but will be using it for serious exercise purposes only on paved roads/trails. I am trying to decide between disc brake and V-brake — hydraulic disc brake because it is said to have more braking power and V-brake because it is quite simple to adjust by myself if needed. Are disc brakes hard to maintain? Do they need frequent service/check from the bike shop? Please advise.
Depends how often you will go off road and in what conditions. If you are using a mountain bike mainly for road purposes, get the V brakes (then again, you should be getting a road bike).But if you do go off road say every other weekend or more, disc brakes would help you and give you peace of mind depending on what type of riding you do. If you go off road during muddy or wet conditions, go with discs. But if you are riding XC, V- brakes would be fine, discs would just give you peice of mind inthat situation. Discs are not hard to maintain, they just need to be bled every once in a while with a bleed kit, just like cables stretch. I do not think you are to concious about weight, so the main factors would be stopping power and price. In some cases you need more stopping power regardless, in some cases it is nice but you dont need it, so get the cheaper.
So:
Predominantly road-Vs unless discs cheaper
XC- Vs unless discs are cheaper or similarly priced
Agressive XC/ All Mt.- 6 inch discs
Downhill/Freeride- 8 inch discs
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