Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.14 $; site uiucdcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!schwager From: schwager@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Mountain Bikes Message-ID: <38200017@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Sep-84 10:05:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.38200017 Posted: Thu Sep 13 10:05:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 01:21:42 EDT References: <505@ccieng5.UUCP> Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:ccieng5:-50500:uiucdcs:38200017:000:704 Nf-From: uiucdcs!schwager Sep 13 09:05:00 1984 > > What I really like about mountain bikes is that they have decent brakes. > Brakes have always been the weak point of the modern bicycle, and those > big cantilevers feel nice. Hmmm... what kind of bike have you been riding? Maybe it's not the brakes themselves that are giving better performance, but the tires. I know I can put my bike into a two wheel skid any time I please. Not that that is a measure of good braking ability. What one should really look for in a brake is control. That enables you to stop quickly in a panic situation without all of the sudden having the front brake grab, and you go flying headfirst over the handlebars. -mike schwager (...ihnp4!uiucdcs!schwager)