Nick_Christy – Member
haha, when you can come down leogang with v’s or cantis in the wet under control id give you my dh bike! or buy you a life time of rubber blocks! lol
Dude, I’m old enough to have ridden down the old (7min+) Grundig WC track in Les Gets in the wet back when pretty much no-one had discs.
If you’ll add paying my flights into the deal, you’re on.
flyingmonkeycorps – Member
Frankly no. Not anywhere NEAR as well as with a set of disc brakes. I rather like being able to gently squeeze the levers with one finger instead of having to death grip them to the bars in the hope that mud and grit from the interminable puddles and sludge may have left me enough brake block to actually grip to the rims. I think you might need a little skills training, coz once you’ve pulled that hard on a rear V-brake the wheel locks and you’re no longer riding, you’re sliding!
Heather – back when I still used Vs I never managed to make a rim last long enough to wear out a braking surface.
Elliot – er..most riders don’t race DH world champs.
http://dirt.mpora.com/news/british-world-champs-squad-announced.html