Tell me about Tioga Disk Drive!

ultrazenith · Nov 10, 2016

Hello,

I'm curious to try a Tioga Disk Drive, mainly just to look (or feel) as cool as John Tomac was in the 90s. They're expensive and have some benefits, but how resilient / fragile are they? Do they wear out, break etc. easily?

Gerard · Nov 10, 2016

ultrazenith":2a7zmqpw said:
Hello,

I'm curious to try a Tioga Disk Drive, mainly just to look (or feel) as cool as John Tomac was in the 90s. They're expensive and have some benefits, but how resilient / fragile are they? Do they wear out, break etc. easily?

Good question....I'd be really interested too.

02gf74 · Nov 10, 2016

if it were that good, we'd all be riding them, it was a dead end branch in the evolutionary tree of the mountain bike.

ridevintagemtb · Nov 10, 2016

ultrazenith":ib7y3p0w said:
They're expensive

Very

ultrazenith":ib7y3p0w said:
how resilient

Very

ultrazenith":ib7y3p0w said:
fragile are they?

Very

ultrazenith":ib7y3p0w said:
break etc. easily?

Very

Get one anyway

ultrazenith · Nov 10, 2016

At 500 gbp a go, I don't think I could justify a wheel that might fall apart

IHateRain · Nov 11, 2016

They´re sexy

ridevintagemtb":1jo2z0ff said:
Very

:xmas-wink:

Cheers
IHR

66 triumph daytona · Nov 11, 2016

Re:

They look cool and sound even better.Pity they are complete garbage in the real world.Tomac had such faith in the things that he replaced one after every race....

Claret Badger · Nov 11, 2016

Re:

There is still nothing like the sound that they made when one passed you. Sending a slight shiver down my spine right now!

ridevintagemtb · Nov 11, 2016

Re: Re:

66 triumph daytona":10fvy7x3 said:
Tomac had such faith in the things that he replaced one after every race....

Not every race. 40 hours was his limit.

66 triumph daytona · Nov 11, 2016

Ive often wondered why someone doesnt make a cheap replica,wouldnt take much,just an injection moulded clear circular plastic disc with fake strands going through it and then just clip it to the spokes.Propriety Tioga sticker and away you go.I`d buy one...

Tell me about Tioga Disk Drive!

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