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Re:Coronavirus has caused a bicycling boom in New York City by danieldk on Saturday March 14, 2020 @03:30PM (#22577971)
I cycled approximately 5000 kilometers per year (cycling to work + over the weekends), also through hilly terrain. I have never had my brakes eat my rims.

Also, even if they did. Replacing a 800 Euro bike once per two years is peanuts compared to owning a car or taking public transport.

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Re:Coronavirus has caused a bicycling boom in New York City by grogenaut on Saturday March 14, 2020 @03:36PM (#22578026)
Good for you, does that somehow make my experience invalid? No it's a YMMV which is why discs are important to me.

Replacing a 2k usd bike every 2 years in addition to paying for car while I try to work into cycling is a big cost. I'm a big person, I've had pretty much every rim but velocity touring rims fail due to weight and stress, and rim brakes made this worse and fail faster, it's also real shady to have a rim crack while you're riding it. Discs completely remove that from the equation.

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