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12-23-2010, 09:45 PM | #1 |
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I tend not to decide on what mods to make until I've actually ridden the bike
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12-23-2010, 10:02 PM | #3 |
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Do I smell an insult? I do replace the pads as well (I'm running Ferodo now but I also like Dunlopad, I've often used EBC/SBS pads in the past) and I do ride a bike before I modify it... The experience of owning about 10 bikes tells me that I like steel lines and sintered pads on the brakes. Regardless of how good you think your brakes are, steel lines make them better. An opinion of course but one shared by most serious riders. You take pictures of racers, how many still use the stock brake lines? None that I know...
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12-23-2010, 10:55 PM | #4 | |
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I used to think that about braided lines too. Then I did the math by checking out the expansion numbers on the various types of lines. Compared to new regular rubber lines there really isn't a whole lot of objective performance increase, when you consider the minimal amount of pressure that the human hand is capable of applying.
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12-23-2010, 11:22 PM | #6 |
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Nope, I don't say that suspension mods are necessary. I say that you get more benefit out of them, on the street, than you do power mods.
On the brake lines issue the next time you get a new bike, try out the stock brakes for a while, then swap out just the pads. I did that maybe 10 years ago and found that I got the same results that I expected from a pad AND line swap. I'd just never done pads only, until then.
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