DJ84 Posted January 11, 2010 Share I recently got lucky and won a voucher to a bike store and i am a bit torn between upgrading to disk brakes or buying a heart rate monitor at the moment. Anyone have any advise that could sway my decision at all? I would also have to upgrade my wheelset, but would not be able to get anything really nice due to the budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomJBo Posted January 11, 2010 Share Personally i'd get disc brakes as need them to keep my heart beating, no use of HRM monitor if your heart no longer beating due to lack of stopping power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moab Posted January 11, 2010 Share Nice HRM - save up and get wheels and disk brakes slowly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taps Posted January 11, 2010 Share Would go with discs, will up your fun factor: good brakes allow you to go faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ84 Posted January 11, 2010 Share My bike stops pretty quick with v-brakes. Im a light weight so there aren't really any stopping issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighter-Lights Posted January 11, 2010 Share A good HRM will be of much better value than swopping out brakes. (if you use it correctly in your training) Properly set up V's brake just as well as disk brakes anyway. I still raced with KCNC v-brakes this year and they have even less stopping power than ie. Avid SD 7's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry1 Posted January 11, 2010 Share hrm- will help train more accurate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Climate Posted January 11, 2010 Share If you're hoping to make a decision based on the average opinion DJ84, the guys haven't been much help. All I can offer is that until you start monitoring your heart-rate, you don't know what you don't know?!! You know that you can stop! So I'd definitely go with as good a HRM as you can get for the voucher (even add a little cash to it if need be, to get one that can upload exercises to your PC if possible). Then start scratching the pennies together so you can do the wheels and disks at the same time. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droo Posted January 11, 2010 Share The question is this - are you a race snake or are you just out to rip up trails? Once you work this out the answer's easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bos Posted January 11, 2010 Share The question is this - are you a race snake or are you just out to rip up trails? Once you work this out the answer's easy. Im with drew on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-i Posted January 11, 2010 Share disk brakes. my v-brakes was fine and provided all the stopping power i needed. until one day at sabie extperience, boy those downhills were fun - but the guardian angels had to put in lots of overtime to keep me out of hospital. what do you want to use the hrm for? the pretty pictures? training on an indoor trainer or according to some or other program? whre do you ride your bike? in wet or mud? will you be doing sani2c or sabieX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ84 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Thanks for all the suggestions. You confused me some more, but Brighter Lights and climate made up my mind. Thanks guys. Gonna get a HRM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted January 12, 2010 Share Would have been my choice, having disk and v brake bikes i find the only time disk's trump v's is when its particulary muddy and wet, for anything else if you clamp your brake hard you will come to dead stop whether you have v's or disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffro Posted January 12, 2010 Share Scotty you hit the nail on the head!! At the risk of starting a arguement with many disc brake owners: V brakes worked fine for downhill 10-15 years ago.There are advantages to discs BUT few people are even using their v's to its full potential.Most people are not braking that late into corners to justify "extra stopping power".Besides your wheels only have so much traction on dirt anyway.In mud yes discs are better.Many people want to justify their discs because they are so cool and look "trick".Dont worry about justifying it guys, spend the money, you worked for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backup rider Posted January 12, 2010 Share HRM never...the wife bought one with my garmin forerunner and i never use it.. I reckon that while the heart is pumping its working ok.seen too many people using the HRM as the gospel in their training, whiel I reckon it can benefit you it should be used as one of the indicators in your training and not the sole source. On the dirt roads we ride the V brakes have jammed up with mud causing the bikes to stop dead in the middle of the bog but then I just love my disc brakes..its the only thing that actually works properly on the bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted January 12, 2010 Share Yup, anther reason why some could choose disk over v is the buckled wheel factor, but then if you buckle your wheel regulary you either need new wheels or better MTB skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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