Timeline for What to buy when looking for a low maintenance city bike that allows sportive riding
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| Mar 21, 2012 at 6:25 | comment | added | zenbike | @Kohi: I'm not going to argue with you about it. Either you don't have the kilometers on the bike in that time that you should, or you run your pads way beyond he limits of what is normal, or you brake far less than most folks. I've been a professional mechanic for going on 17 years, now, and the average life of a resin brake pad is 3000km or less. A sintered metal pad can last longer. Usually 5000km or so. As for whether belts will be available in 10 years, I don't know. I think they will, but I could be wrong. If you go by that logic, though, we'd all still be riding steel fixies. | |
| Mar 20, 2012 at 20:37 | comment | added | Kohi | With belts, the question is less about "do belts work" but "will I be able to service or replace the one on my bike in 10 years time?" It would be a shame if the OP had to throw away a perfectly good bike because it requires a belt that's no longer manufactured. | |
| Mar 20, 2012 at 20:36 | comment | added | Kohi | @zenbike: I have a set of Hayes hydraulic brakes from circa 2000 that are still on their original pads. I'm happy to sell the brake or pads to you as evidence of a paradox. | |
| Mar 15, 2012 at 3:37 | comment | added | zenbike | Belts are only experimental if you ignore the 30 years of motorcycle use, and the 60 or so years of use in cars. This bike uses hydraulic discs, not cable driven brakes, but no brake pad will last 15000km, regardless. 5000km is a lot on one set of pads. You are right, of course that maintenance varies between different styles of bikes and components. This bike will be on the low end of the maintenance spectrum. That doesn't mean there will be none. | |
| Mar 15, 2012 at 2:27 | comment | added | Kohi | Maintenance varies - cheap cable disk brakes seem to need new pads every 2000-5000km, hydraulic ones maybe 15000-30000km (more braking force so harder pads = longer life). Belts are IMO experimental at the moment, I'd leave it another 10 years and see how they turn out. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 21:33 | comment | added | Paul Weber | Thanks for your answer. I will see if I can try this bike out in a bike store near me (hope someone stocks Scott city bikes) Have you got any experience with a belt drive? How does it compare to a chain? And how much maintenance do disk brakes need? | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 13:30 | history | answered | zenbike | CC BY-SA 3.0 |