You don't think my Radrunner with mechanical brakes is safe?

s0rce · on June 27, 2023

Its safe unless you are riding on very steep long hills. People rode heavy bikes touring before disc brakes existed and didn't die.

chrismartin · on June 27, 2023

Subjectively, it feels as adequately braked as any of my acoustic bikes (including a mountain bike with dual 4-piston hydraulic brakes).

mping · on June 27, 2023

Can we start calling them analog bikes instead? As a guitar player, acoustic sounds very weird.

teknico · on June 28, 2023

“Acoustic” is just silly, “analog” isn’t much better. I’d call them “mechanical”.

cowmoo728 · on June 27, 2023

I don't like riding heavy bikes with mechanical brakes because they never stop as reliably as good hydraulics. The ultimate limit is always the tire grip on the road, but it's easier to control properly set up hydraulic disc brakes to hit grip limits and get shorter stopping distances. Particularly down a steep hill.

zik · on June 27, 2023

You can get up-rated caliper brakes with very good stopping power, and in fact that's what comes on my Gazelle ebike as standard.