Re: Disc brake maintenance tips

On Fri, 05 Jul 2024 09:29:14 -0400, Joy Beeson
<jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

On Mon, 24 Jun 2024 19:57:58 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
wrote:
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That’s kinda the issue with it isn’t it, it reduces the cyclists to
essentially brave confident male roadies,

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No, it reduces the cyclists to people who are aware that there is
something to learn, and are willing to invest a few hours learning it.

There will always be something to learn, but the issue is whether or
not one needs to learn it.

I've no idea how many sixteen-dollar hours it took me to learn how to
drive a car -- I swore not to count.  (Sixteen dollars was a lot of
money at the time.)
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Formal bike training was two Saturday mornings.
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(Disclaimer:  the course was for people who had already invested the
time to learn the rules of the road from a car-driver's point of view.
For a twelve-year-old, I'd suggest four six-week courses spaced a year
apart, with several supervised outings in between.)

Surely, you jest.