{"id":172270,"date":"2026-01-13T18:05:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=review-global&#038;p=172270"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:06:47","slug":"rim-brake-for-the-riding-quality","status":"publish","type":"review-global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/review-global\/rim-brake-for-the-riding-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Rim brake for the riding quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why does CRUST BIKES has so many models for rim brakes in this golden age of disc brake?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*CRUST BIKES* nor' easter(52)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52612827593\/in\/photolist-2oaduD8-2oadb2L-2oadaVJ-2oaduER-2oaduMz-2oadbuV-2oaduJP-2oacmDd-2oab2nb-2oab2i3-2oab2rp-2oab2qs-2oacnnx-2oa8qdJ-2oa8q8J-2oa8qpA-2oadbag-2oacmYM-2oa8qCB-2oacnki-2oacn5t-2oacmWs-2oa8qJt-2oab2jW\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52612827593_49e1130af9_c.jpg\" alt=\"*CRUST BIKES* nor' easter(52)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Personally, I do love how a canti brake looks like and I didn&#8217;t care about the reason so much, but I just asked Matte about it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And he immediately answered like &#8220;I prefer the rim brake fork since we can make it with lighter tubings!&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*CRUST BIKES* canti brake lightning bolt (55)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53589267170\/in\/photolist-2q9kcNJ-2pJAd68-2pJARnJ-2pJBszt-2pJBsvA-2pJz5WZ-2pJARhZ-2pJz5VS-2pJAR8v-2pJz5P4-2pJAcRF-2pJz5NN-2pJz5Fy-2pJz5Ft-2pJuB5L-2pJAQYY-2pJBrZq-2pJAcws-2pJBrYP-2pJuASb-2pDunp6-2pDv17f-2pDtN9c-2pDsJhK-2pDtN61-2pDtN5z-2pDtN59-2pDtN3q-2pDsJaL-2pDsJaA-2pDoguf-2pDuZWR-2pDsJ7j-2pDuZUw-2pDognB-2pDtMVg-2pDtMSq-2pDun6v-2pDogi8-2pDtMQb-2pDun3E-2pDun3j-2pDsHXS-2pDun2C-2pDogaH-2pDtMHs-2pDuZFa-2pDuZEt-2pweSS3-2pwgtyd\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53589267170_4b9aa16bf8_b.jpg\" alt=\"*CRUST BIKES* canti brake lightning bolt (55)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not because of a frame, but the structure of a fork.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It reduces the weight and provides riders with a little more flexibility and smoothness.<\/p>\n<p>And 1&#8243; rim brake fork can be super lightweight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Steel tubings are necessary to make durable yet flexible fork, but disc brake fork and frame has to be thicker and ends up being heavy and stiff.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For light touring bikes, the ideal ride feeling of CRUST BIKES is to be flexible and lightweight.<\/p>\n<p>So, rim brake model is ideal for Lightning Bolt, Romanceur, Nor&#8217;easter, Wombat from that reason.<\/p>\n<p>Especially, Lightning Bolt and Romanceur are much lighter than you expected for its classical look.<a title=\"CRUST Australia Tour 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54937341016\/in\/album-72177720330456826\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54937341016_2e32c434e9_c.jpg\" alt=\"CRUST Australia Tour 2025\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure that you can feel their ideal riding quality with the combo of <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/brands\/ultradynamico.html\">ULTRADYNAMICO<\/a> tires and <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=rim+brake+wheelset\">their rim brake wheelset<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":171496,"template":"","better_featured_image":{"id":171496,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1980,"height":1321,"file":"2025\/12\/54936436302_b3afc0f016_k.jpg","filesize":215237,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"54936436302_b3afc0f016_k-1280x854.jpg","width":1280,"height":854,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":109983,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54936436302_b3afc0f016_k-1280x854.jpg"},"large":{"file":"54936436302_b3afc0f016_k-1720x1148.jpg","width":1720,"height":1148,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":169761,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54936436302_b3afc0f016_k-1720x1148.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"54936436302_b3afc0f016_k-768x512.jpg","width":768,"height":512,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":51412,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54936436302_b3afc0f016_k-768x512.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":171442,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54936436302_b3afc0f016_k.jpg"},"acf":{"not_to_displayed_on_top":true,"ctm-post-priority":"0"},"post-meta-fields":{"_edit_lock":["1768295067:70"],"_edit_last":["70"],"not_to_displayed_on_top":["1"],"_not_to_displayed_on_top":["field_6944f0f6461a3"],"ctm-post-priority":["0"],"_ctm-post-priority":["field_6522836fa8f5e"],"pp_checklist_custom_item_jlhhonippgapjyw":["yes"],"_my_meta_value_key":["[{\"pid\":37654,\"name\":\"*CRUST 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