Thank-you disc's

[Simon]

Just thought I'd share,had a big ride planned out with my son [smiley=laughing.gif],had a great day [smiley=nod.gif],being one of those saddo's who has to clean his bike as soon as he gets back as I can't bear to leave my bike dirty/muddy/filthy I was suprised to find my rear wheel badly buckled [smiley=worry.gif],a quick look confirmed a missing drive side spoke,I recall early on collecting a branch or similar,you know the usual pinging noise you dread ,but as it quickly stopped thought no more of it ,my point is had I been using rim brakes our trip out could of been spoiled,as I was running disc's didn't even notice it ,I have in the past broken spokes and have had to retension out on the trail the other spokes to compensate as I was running rim brakes at the time,always a pain and never satisfactory ,oh and what if I'd been racing,anyway just think its a plus for using disc's,Simon

[zulu]

  one more reason to upgrade to discs.
Thanks [smiley=beer.gif]