As per the title really.
There appears to be a deep and rich seam of bike knowledge on STW, so.
Cruisers. Lovely retro look frames, but can they be had with disc brakes ?.
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Cruisers with Disc brakes ? Do such bikes exist ?.
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Posted 10 months ago #
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This thread might be of interest to you. They're suggesting a mod-mount and a change of fork.
Edit - found this one, unfortunately its a custom build. Nice though.
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Why do you need powerful discs on a bike designed to be ridden slowly?
Cruisers are more about the look than the speed, and as such drum brakes are popular as they have a clean, retro look.
Also, the relaxed head angles and long forks of cruisers will mean you're more likely to lock the front wheel up (less weight over the wheel) so you won't be able to use all the power anyway...
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Thanks for the replies.
PP.
To my mind, the alternative is rim brakes and I hate rim brakes, which are worse than useless in the rain.
I believe that some cruisers use to come fitted with the pedal-back brake, but I'm not interested in any of that either.
Furthermore, not all disc brakes are created the same and soem that might be considered to be at the weaker end of the performance spectrum for gnarly MTB madnes, may suit slightly less frenetic applications.
I was just wondering like. Posted 10 months ago # -
I think the discs is a cool look for a cruiser too, particularly with some awesome flame discs.
Personally I'd go hub brake. Maintenance free, nice and modulated but oodles of power and weight is not an issue.
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mine has hub brakes, they're fine - the hubs look cool too.. For a £250 bike reduced at Evans I'm very pleased with it.
Posted 10 months ago # -
wwaswas.
That bike has "relax" written all over it.
I bet you enjoy using it.
Excellent.
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Flamejob.
That bike is very nice. Is it a custom build or an off the shelf bike ?.
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I can't understand why you wouldn't want a back-pedal brake on a cruiser. 40ft skids - what's not to love?
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Haven't posted this one for a while
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KONA Humu Deluxe if you can find one
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if you need discs your riding too fast!!!
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How about cruiserish looks but still being more than capable offroad.
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100_1059 by singlespeedstu, on FlickrPosted 10 months ago # -
Black Sheep bikes do cruiser styling and would hand make you one. There are others I believe.
edit: Ah well, too slow
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I'd love a rear disc on my cruiser, but it would be worth more than the rest of the bike.
From experience I can say don't try riding off road with a single backpedal brake. Bad things will happen.Posted 10 months ago # -
My better half would love a little, light, cruiser frame to go with my alfine/disc wheels but I can't seem to find anything suitable. I reckon they'd be quite popular.
Brant to the Forum?
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mine has hub brakes, they're fine - the hubs look cool too.. For a £250 bike reduced at Evans I'm very pleased with it.
That's the exact bike I was thinking of! I saw then at half price in Evans and I WANTED ONE NOW!!! But I'm savi g up for something else and I'd hardly ever use it, so sense prevailed. I still like them though. There's simply nothing to change or that will ever wear out on that bike.
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Flamejob.
That bike is very nice. Is it a custom build or an off the shelf bike ?.
Ta, I drawd it and some chinamen glued the Titanium together.I can't understand why you wouldn't want a back-pedal brake on a cruiser. 40ft skids - what's not to love?
I'm not going to tell you how much those Conti whitewalls cost. It's embarrassing.Posted 10 months ago # -
Oliver, just get her a pompetamine frame and stick those wheels on, if she doesn't like it you can always sell it.
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I've been through that on the pompino/pompetaminte thread. I think the standover would be a bit too high still. I do have half an eye on ebay/the classifieds for one though.
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@ epicyclo , i think you're handlebars have melted
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Trek Sawyer, 29er retro stylee.
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Very tempted with a Sawyer, with a belt-drive Alfine, but have you seen the weight?
10lbs for frame and forks!!Posted 10 months ago # -
Does this class a cruiser? It only gets used for spinning about town these days (so will be sold in the near future)
Singular_brown by ir_bandito, on FlickrPosted 10 months ago # -
Yeah, the Sawyer is a bit weighty, but I tried a Surley KM and a Sawyer, and I got the sawyer, just kinda liked the way it rode. Gotta love that frame though
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found these off of Google:
Custom
Civia Loring
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does the weight really matter on a bike like this?
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no, not at all. Its all about the cool
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I hate rim brakes, which are worse than useless in the rain
Nah, good pair of Vs work fine.
However I do think discs or hubs are the way to go for looks and cool. That blue one of rootes1 is beautiful tho. I think I am going to share this with Mrs Grips
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does the weight really matter on a bike like this?
Only when you're putting it in and out of the car to take it somewhere flat and trendy to actually be able to ride it.
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