[Closed] Begineer dark side recommendations

So....road bike has arrived. Went for a Ribble Endurance AL disc. Ribble built it much earlier than they said so need to get some pedals before the maiden voyage. Ribble have been great to be fair, impressed by the set-up in Preston.

My rim brakes on alu rims stop me faster than anything! I have a Supersix with SRAM Rival.

You need to splash out on Swissstop pads – the blue ones. They are really night and day. At least twice as good as any other pads I’ve used. The compound is amazing, No black muck too.

I easily lock the rear wheel with light pull on the lever, and can stop the bike extremely quickly, prob quicker than the MTB.

But I only use the roadie in dry. If it’s wet I’ll MTB/Zwift. I commute on a CAADX with discs daily.

If you’re using the road bike just when it’s dry, for fun/pleasure, get rim. Lighter, and more bike for you money (older models heavily discounted). If you’re using it all weathers because you HAVE TO (ie. the commuters), then disc makes sense.

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/swissstop-flash-pro-bxp-alloy-rim-brake-pads/?lang=en&curr=GBP&dest=1&sku=5360661138&kpid=5360661138&utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping+-+All+Products&utm_medium=base&utm_content=mckv|sig7ILTwm_dc|mcrid|295292317327|mkw||mmt||mrd|5360661138uk|mslid||&mkwid=sig7ILTwm_dc&pcrid=295292317327&prd=5360661138uk&pgrid=58852352866&ptaid=pla-522781330985&gclid=CjwKCAjw2cTmBRAVEiwA8YMgzew2ubb4xPj3F4fYOx0unLRPYaEQXTltMxELenVEc_wzE3WL0-KixxoCFKgQAvD_BwE

I must confess I too have been looking at 'skinny' bikes recently, in particular the Planet X Full Monty.

I feel so...dirty.