I'm confused,V or disc brakes...

[SARA]

I'm pretty sure if you look back there is a huge thread on the pro's and con's of these 2...

[Marius]

V's Rule!!!

[buckshot]

I thought this debate had been settled years ago!?

 

...and to quote someone on MTBR...:

 

"Nothing compares to hydraulic schmooooov. Using cables feels like pulling barbed wire out of a badgers a$$"

 

 

[MintSauce]

Regarding my comments, i should probably point out that i ride singletrack very aggresively.

I'm not saying i'm good at it or anything like that, it's just that i enjoy it more the faster i go so am heavy on the brakes.

 

V's simply cannot touch the power and modulation of a decent set of discs when you're pushing ten/tenths

[rock]

I'll be honest my XTRdfiscs weren't as great as I thought they would be in the wet......litle bit of a let down, but could be possible that in those same conditions the V's would have been non existant ??

[nellie]

I'll be honest my XTRdfiscs weren't as great as I thought they would be in the wet......litle bit of a let down' date=' but could be possible that in those same conditions the V's would have been non existant ??[/quote']

 

I know that V-brakes are non-existant in snow Haven't tried discs, but by listening to all the gadget-crazy locals i'd say go for discs.

[SARA]

I'll be honest my XTRdfiscs weren't as great as I thought they would be in the wet......litle bit of a let down' date=' but could be possible that in those same conditions the V's would have been non existant ??[/quote']

 

shimano.

[MintSauce]

Come on....you know you want them!

[ewep]

MintSauce, please refrain from posting beautiful naked bike porn on the hub!!!!

[MintSauce]

Sorry ewep....just cant help myself....SOMEBODY STOP ME!!!

[Spinnekop]

Those Juicy Ultimats are nice.....

There is a bike at Bruce Reynecke in Pretoria that has them on!!!  BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

At about R4500 they must be something!!!!!

[Destonian]

I'd say it depends on what you want to do... XC MTB racing, I would say its hard to beat the discs, as for trials, the perfect setup would prolly include discs on front wheel, due to their feathering capabilities, and V on the rear, as no disc beats the static grip of a V brake!

[Mudsimus]

In the latest What Mountain bike they have a profile of Gunn Rita...World Champ. She uses v brakes...wonder why?

[MintSauce]

Cos she's a girl and rides like one!

[Mudsimus]

And she'l still kick 90% of our pro mbtiker's asses..

[TheLegend]

and smile while doing this    (my bum hurts)