Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:35 am by Zabhawkin
Now that I am home and not on break.
Dust, mud, water will always get itself into just about anything. Disk brakes even though they get hit immediately with everything it either gets flung off, or scraped off by the pads. With heavy mud disks might make some god awful noises for a while, particularly when the mud gets packed in between the splash guard and the rotor, but the brakes continue working just fine.
With drums it might take it a little longer to work its way in, but it also takes longer to work its way out, and they don't clean themselves out as quickly.
Edit to add:
If you do any off road bonus for brakes, I would suggest it be for having more than enough braking... such as being able to hold with half of the total weight on the tire such as when coming down a steep slope either forwards or backwards. You might even consider that for the utility score as well... to have enough braking when loaded down.
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