tommaguzzi
Über Member
- Location
- County Durham
I was out riding today when one of our group lost his front end and came off. He had a bit of road rash but nothing major and carried on riding.
The thing that cought my attention was the chap behind him said it was only because he had disc brakes that he was able to stop in time before he ran over the fallen rider preventing further injuries.
I have only ever used caliper brakes I find them to be easily able to overcome the available traction of my tyres they are also capable of "stoppies" on the front brake or have the rear wheel skidding out sideways any time I want to.
I find it difficult to believe that any disc brake can be more effective than a good caliper rim brake and ulitimatly both are limited by the available traction afforded by skinny bicycle tyres.
It is my belief that bicycle disc brakes for road bike use is just a marketing/bikebling accessory.
The thing that cought my attention was the chap behind him said it was only because he had disc brakes that he was able to stop in time before he ran over the fallen rider preventing further injuries.
I have only ever used caliper brakes I find them to be easily able to overcome the available traction of my tyres they are also capable of "stoppies" on the front brake or have the rear wheel skidding out sideways any time I want to.
I find it difficult to believe that any disc brake can be more effective than a good caliper rim brake and ulitimatly both are limited by the available traction afforded by skinny bicycle tyres.
It is my belief that bicycle disc brakes for road bike use is just a marketing/bikebling accessory.