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It depends what your goals are. If you're a slow speed cyclist who never tackles challenging roads then rim brakes are fine.I'm a serious cyclist who regularly competes for "gold medal" times in sportives that take in some of the UKs toughest roads; for me, discs are a no brainer.
Pure comedy gold.
Can someone recommend a disc equipped road bike...say £1800 if such a thing exists! 😉
Can someone recommend a disc equipped road bike...say £1800 if such a thing exists!
Enjoyed the Spesh Roubaix Comp Disc I rode a while back. The 2016 model is £2k (£500 cheaper than last year with the same spec)
If I was buying a road bike now that was ever going to see any rain then I'd get one with hydraulic discs. Will be a while though as only had my winter bike a couple of years.
For a posh summer bike then I wouldn't be fussed either way.
Can't recommend it as I haven't ridden one yet, but just ordered one of these
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What the hell is going on with those bars?
(and I'm trying to unsee the seatstay)
Killer Whale paint scheme! Nice.
I've locked up in the rain: my 2001 Schwinn using dual pivot Tiagra and quality pads. Had tons of braking power.
Using BB7 on my CX. More than enough power.
Used 180mm LX discs on my hybrid with panniers downhill in Bristol in the rain without any worry.
Had cheap rim brakes and rubbish hard pads on a road bike and had time to think about my food shopping while wondering whether to buy a cat or puppy. Going downhill in the dry was a joke until I switched to quality Swiss pads and eventually new rim calipers that don't flex!
All depends on the quality of hogs brakes to be honest.
There are rumours doing the rounds that SRAM e-tap has been spotted with hydro discs on pre-production bikes in America.
That'll be the real breakthrough. Wireless gears. Full hydro brakes. 🙂
Would I? Yes...... and no.
To elaborate, I have one of each. My winter road bike/CX bike/towpoon has discs and I like it lots (two sets of wheels one with road tyres and another with CX nobblies).
My bestest/summer road bike has rim brakes. This works just fine for its intended use. If I was buying a new one now I'd probably lean towards discs but if there was a bike I really liked at a very good price I wouldn't be put off if it didn't have discs (although I'd always want discs on the CX/winter bike).
OP here.
I'm actually starting to look at bikes now.
Went to LBS today and was very taken with a Focus Cayo Ultegra Disc. Blinking lovely.
It has DT Swiss wheels with Shimano hydro discs - not sure what model as so unfamiliar with them.
It has a system similar to Rockshox' Maxle front & back they call Rapid Axle Technology - a fancy name for what appears to be a 15mm threaded axle.
http://www.focus-bikes.com/gb/en/bikes/2016/road/performance-cayo/cayo-disc-ultegra.html
Someone mentioned different standards needing to settle earlier in the thread. Is this the norm amongst road disc wheels? Dont want to buy something now that could be obsolete this time next year. In a real quandry - this bike was ****ing lovely and has made me think I could def do road discs but it's the first I've seen in the flesh.
Off to Rutland Cycles tomorrow where there have loads of brands so can eliminate/add to list accordingly.
I'm a serious cyclist who regularly competes for "gold medal" times in sportives that take in some of the UKs toughest roads; for me, discs are a no brainer.
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the future will be 15mm bolt-thru on the front, and the rear will either be std 135mm or 142x12. My 10p.
It's not a big deal either way. Decent wheels/hubs are all adjustable and QR both ends is fine anyway (that what I run).
It's a shame the Cube has gopping seatstays as otherwise it's a strong design, IMO.
I'm waiting for either SRAM etap hydro discs or Campag EPS disc before looking any further at road disc. I have a Trek Portland which I've ridden for 6 years (cable discs) and also a tiSalsa with SRAM hydro road discs so it's not as though I've not adopted - and I had my first disc only mtb bike in 98... But the whole painful standards thing going on is putting me off any further move, and I'm waiting for the 2 group sets in my first sentence before thinking of changing for my fast road bikes.
Depends what the bike is for of it is racing then calipers. For general riding doesn't really matter in my book pros and cons of either. Just don't get cable discs as they are sh*t.
I did. And love it, even blew an assload on spunky wheels...
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I've used cable discs on road for a couple of years. Am going to move to hydro this year and my only concern is how they will deal with long (30km), fast (40mph+) twisty descents. MTB descents tend to be shorter and slower and I don't really want to suffer brake fade coming off an Alp!
Winter or cross bike certainly, will maybe filter on to summer bike...but not before BC give it the nod for racing...
Clearly not going to read any of that ^^^ but will bet my entire fortune that someone up there has mentioned the fact that they can lock a wheel up with rim brakes by now.
Had them on my cross bike for three years, won't get them on the road bike at least until you can race on them, but wouldn't upgrade for that alone.