Simple fact is the exact same conversations were taking place when cantis became v's and when v's became discs.
In several years canti shod road bikes will look old hat. Which is fine if you stoically refuse to move with convention and stick with them.
Everyone else will be on discs and they will look completely 'normal'. There's no right or wrong, it'll just be about the norm - and that will be based on all round performance
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Simple fact is the exact same conversations were taking place when cantis became v's and when v's became discs.
In several years canti shod road bikes will look old hat. Which is fine if you stoically refuse to move with convention and stick with them.
Everyone else will be on discs and they will look completely 'normal'. There's no right or wrong, it'll just be about the norm - and that will be based on all round performance
I think the main proponents of discs are all gullible uk based mountain bikers (who, incidentally don't know how to brake or corner properly).
Road cycling is a massive sport on a global scale. Why would someone who rides , for example, in the Arizona Desert ever need or want disc brakes?
Same goes for time trials, hill climbs, crits etc. etc.
There is more to road cycling than just nodding your way round a Sportive.
Flat desert stages may not require so much braking force. heck, let's ditch brakes altogether for these events. Seeing as roadies can corner so well they can probably just carry their inertia.
Dave, I'll bookmark this thread and come back in 3 or 4 years to see if everyone in the world is using the wrong brakes, or not
Agreed. I'm going back to toe clips and shifters on the down tube. And I'll bin my EPO in favour of Brandy. Happy days.
You amateur, I'm ditching the bicycle completely and will commute to work by horse.
I think the main proponents of discs are all gullible uk based mountain bikers (who, incidentally don't know how to brake or corner properly).
You think that a
is being dictated to bymassive sport on a global scale
?gullible uk based mountain bikers
Also, what proportion of the US recreational road cycling market train in Arizona deserts?
Simple fact is the exact same conversations were taking place when cantis became v's and when v's became discs.
I know we're dealing in opinion here but I recall exactly the opposite at the time. Cantis were rubbish on an MTB, Vs came out and we were all raving at the power they provided, then discs came out and we all raved again. Same with front forks when they first came out - even RS Q21s! Same with full suss.
But MTB is a very different riding environment and back then it was a very new sport, so there was a natural development in technology going on.
Road riding hasn't changed for God knows - 100 years? It's just riding on tarmac. I ride roads that my Dad last rode in the 1950s and they're just the same as they were then - in this instance very steep! We understand each other perfectly when we talk about the experience of riding these roads despite a 60 year gap in our experiences.
The essential design of the road bike hasn't changed a whole lot since the Rover Safety c 1880 and the essential nature of road riding hasn't either.
MTB is a totally different beast - it was a new sport in the 1980s, growing, with no suitable kit, so there was a lot of technological development needed to get kit to market which worked.
It's noticable how much slower the pace of technological advance MTB is now compared to the mid-1990s - it's a mature sport.
I'm sure discs will become much more prevalent on road but that's because we're all consumers these days, I'm really not sure the use case is there in the same way it has been for MTB