SPEED AND BRAKES, NOT ALWAYS OBVIOUS

THERE'S A TECHNICAL, ROCKY SECTION on part of a local trail. First-timers walk it, new riders use a slow approach, locals... ... let it rip. They know something. Speed makes it much easier to glide over the the treachery. It's counterintuitive. Disc brakes are the same way. They rub. We pry 'em apart and reinsert the wheel. Soon into the ride they are rubbing again. Why? The pads are worn out. You'd think they would stop touch the disc or barely work when running thin. That's the way rim brakes work when the pads are worn down. Not discs. Counterintuitive. Which why we alwaysalwaysalways check our brake pads before a race... ... so we hit the tricky stuff with speed. --- 167.9 lbs8ish hrs sleep1 Rip On RaceDay Circuit10 minutes recovery 120 minutes reading + Journaling 66 Do you want to Rip On Raceday?