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Re:First 100 miles on my E-Bike by CydeWeys on Saturday December 30, 2017 @02:31PM (#16036997)
Can I just say, it seems weird to me that that bike doesn't have disc brakes given its intended uses for bike camping? How does it handle long descents and/or rain? The serious bike camping bikes that I've seen have both disc brakes and caliper brakes, for redundancy and ability to handle long declines under heavy load that might burn out just a single set of calipers.
Re:First 100 miles on my E-Bike by eesmith on Sunday December 31, 2017 @05:34AM (#16040079)
That Koga-Miyata is a "serious bike camping bike", so I don't know what to say.

I haven't found it to be a problem. Mind you, I go slow, even downhill. I don't usually like biking faster than I can run.