Title says it all really, discuss.

no.

It does get quite wet in the UK where as in Europe it doesn’t ?

Says to not allow them would be excluding all these people with disc brake bikes. What rubbish. I bet most people who bought a disc bike would have a fair idea when they bought it that it wasn’t race legal?

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/about/article/20171114-about-bc-news-British-Cycling-to-allow-use-of-disc-brakes-in-domestic-road-and-circuit-competition-from-2018-0

That’s awesome! Makes buying a new road bike an easier choice!

GoPros next perhaps?

It’s mostly awesome because it shows they’re not ENTIRELY crusty old luddites 😆

That’s awesome! Makes buying a new road bike an easier choice!

is the combined disc/wheel set up now lighter than a rim brake setup then?

Madness. Just think of all those needless deaths that will caused by razor sharp disc rotors slicing other rider’s heads clean off. 🙁

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/disc-brakes-allowed-in-domestic-races-in-2018

mtbtomo – Member
Says to not allow them would be excluding all these people with disc brake bikes. What rubbish. I bet most people who bought a disc bike would have a fair idea when they bought it that it wasn’t race legal?

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Or they may have bought them realising that it was only a matter of time before they were going to be allowed in races .