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Appreciation post: That shop in Portland that changed my mind on disc brakes

I went into this little shop called BikeTown PDX last month just to grab a tube, and totally walked out with a new perspective. The mechanic there, Mike, had me try a customer's bike with mechanical discs and showed me how to adjust them without any special tools. I've always been a rim brake guy because I thought discs were too fancy and annoying to mess with, but watching him pull off a perfect stop with a cheap cable setup kind of blew my mind. Anyone else had a shop talk you into something you swore you'd never ride?
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tyler_fox41
Honestly that shop sounds like they actually know what they're doing with cables.
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sageallen
sageallen2d ago
Wait, you think cables are better than hydraulic discs for stopping power?
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