It really wasn't. This article is fairly typical. It doesn't explain why. "Confusion"Google is your friend on this one.
I had to Google that too.MAMILs
I guess I don't see too many modern road bikes. A bit more googling showed me some Cannondales with them. They look nice.Most modern road bikes have them. I bought my last roadie in 2014 and that was about the last year where they weren't standard I think
Cheers. The crashing theory makes a bit of sense. The stopping one, not so much.From memory the UCI originally said no to them because they deemed that they'd be dangerous in a peloton crash as they'd be more likely to cut riders who fell on them. Not sure if this would really be true.
There was also a feeling among some riders that they were too powerful and just stopped the bikes rather than allowing riders to modulate speed into corners etc. I think that was just people not being used to them...
Non existent problems like inconsistent braking in the wet and destroying carbon rims?I read somewhere that 'road disc brakes were the best solution for a problem they never had'
Disc brakes road bikes were in the last TdF particularly in the mountain stages.
I think delay due to standards and the effect of having both disc and rim braked riders in the peleton with different stopping distances could have led to crashes.
The ease to lock up a 23 tyred road wheel with disc brakes was a concern.
I read somewhere that 'road disc brakes were the best solution for a problem they never had'
Rim brakes suck. They just feel horrible and wooden. Well set up they have decent enough power, but it’s not clean power and just feels wrong.Non existent problems like inconsistent braking in the wet and destroying carbon rims?
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It's the same with riding in the wet, you pre swipe the rims and know when you need to do it.one of the reasons against intro disc brakes was that alpine descents of 15-20km on rim brakes were seen as a skill, disc brakes brings the avg descender closer to the really good descender’s, some riders didn’t want it
Hmmm. Or - just get discs and know they’re work without preparation. Useful on a roadie with cars trying to kill you without warning.It's the same with riding in the wet, you pre swipe the rims and know when you need to do it.
Where is your sense of adventure, I can still remember the howl like a foghorn from rim brakes on chrome rims on a wet day.Hmmm. Or - just get discs and know they’re work without preparation. Useful on a roadie with cars trying to kill you without warning.
But each to their own. I can’t find a reason to not run discs on the roadie. But I came from MTB where it’s the norm.
Get the discs hot enough to make the rotors purple on a long descent and there is still plenty of howling!Where is your sense of adventure, I can still remember the howl like a foghorn from rim brakes on chrome rims on a wet day.
They would have to do some magic in the modulation since the outright power wouldn't ever needed to be questioned. 23mm road tyres are a small smooth contact patch and easy to lock up with any sort of brake. Factor in any slippery unpredictable stuff like oil, water, ice and tar that will pop up on roads then the modulation has to be key. Dirty rim sidewalls and heating up a tube and tyre from rim brake is good enough reason to go disc IMHO.Re the lock up thing, it’s actually the other way around - disc brakes make it easier to not lock brakes up! Disc brakes are about modulation and control and you can run a whole lot closer to the ragged edge with confidence.
It’s not about more power, it’s about being able to use it better.
4 piston mountain bike callipers also rock on a roadie
Dpnt get me wrong, you can lock the rear instantly at any speed and throw yourself over the bars with ease. It’s also nice laying out the front anchor hard at 60 plus and knowing you’ll never run out of grunt. I worry I’ll snap the forks one day...They would have to do some magic in the modulation since the outright power wouldn't ever needed to be questioned. 23mm road tyres are a small smooth contact patch and easy to lock up with any sort of brake. Factor in any slippery unpredictable stuff like oil, water, ice and tar that will pop up on roads then the modulation has to be key. Dirty rim sidewalls and heating up a tube and tyre from rim brake is good enough reason to go disc IMHO.
I have never had any MTB rim brake that is easier to lock up than a MTB cable or hydraulic disc brake if I grab a handful of brake quickly. The XTR V-brakes would be the closest to disc-like performance I've had for any MTB rim brake.
Hell, I can lock up my 23mm tyres with the Chorus brakes almost too easily if needed but only in emergency and if I want to lock them.
Problem solved, errr......