CAAD 13 Ultegra with rim vs 105 with disc

[SkipdiverJohn]

if was investing in a brand new £3000 road bike I wouldn’t now buy one with rim brakes.

The words "invest" and "£3000 road bike" do not belong in the same sentence. Unless you are talking about a custom build, you are going to be throwing half your money away the first time you swing a leg over it - irrespective of what type of brakes it has.
If I was spending that sort of money it definitely wouldn't be disc braked, because discs are pig ugly to look at and I can get ugliness a lot cheaper than three grand. Then again, it wouldn't be carbon either.

 

[tdcadillac]

The words "invest" and "£3000 road bike" do not belong in the same sentence. Unless you are talking about a custom build, you are going to be throwing half your money away the first time you swing a leg over it - irrespective of what type of brakes it has.
If I was spending that sort of money it definitely wouldn't be disc braked, because discs are pig ugly to look at and I can get ugliness a lot cheaper than three grand. Then again, it wouldn't be carbon either.

if you buy the wrong bike and you end up selling it and loosing 50% that is a loss of a good money either you name it investment or something else. buying a bike a that price it is an investment it is more expensive than my car and I want it for the long term that is why brake or rim matter because i have to live with that for long time
I personally if i have to buy a used bike and one has disc it will be more appealing to me than with one with rims. new technology is always good once for selling that old one.

 

[Gunk]

The words "invest" and "£3000 road bike" do not belong in the same sentence. Unless you are talking about a custom build, you are going to be throwing half your money away the first time you swing a leg over it - irrespective of what type of brakes it has.
If I was spending that sort of money it definitely wouldn't be disc braked, because discs are pig ugly to look at and I can get ugliness a lot cheaper than three grand. Then again, it wouldn't be carbon either.

I was just making the point that if buying a brand new bike, especially a racing oriented road bike, disc brakes are probably the best option as that’s where the market is leaning towards.

I’m with you, my £3000 would go towards something a bit different, probably either steel or titanium with a Campagnolo group set and rim brakes and it would always be second hand!

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

I do also see posts on here about bleeding / topping up fluid / pipes gone awry on disc bikes so for reasons of simplicity of repair I will stick with rim brakes.

I wouldn't mind betting a lot of the disc brake promoters are the ones who always take their bike to the LBS for everything and leave them to sort it out.
Someone at work bought a flat bar Spesh with hydraulic discs and reports them as being a complete pain. He's a long term rider and engineer by trade so he's used to fixing things and it's not like he's a mechanically clueless muppet. Even so, he's had enough of them. He's now decided to sell the bike whilst all the born-again coronacyclists are keeping used prices high and has resurrected his old rim-braked bike, suitably commuterised with mudguards and rack.

 

[Gunk]

The only job I don’t do is hydraulic disc brakes, they are a pain when they go wrong

 

[tdcadillac]

Just to throw a spanner (wrench) into the works I have always rode rim brakes and see nothing wrong with them.

I do also see posts on here about bleeding / topping up fluid / pipes gone awry on disc bikes so for reasons of simplicity of repair I will stick with rim brakes.

You will have a snowmobile for winter over there anyway! You East or West? Most of my family now in Western Canada.

I am east but as cold as the western province.

 

[tdcadillac]

I was just making the point that if buying a brand new bike, especially a racing oriented road bike, disc brakes are probably the best option as that’s where the market is leaning towards.

I’m with you, my £3000 would go towards something a bit different, probably either steel or titanium with a Campagnolo group set and rim brakes and it would always be second hand!

 

[3narf]

Jesus, is that how expensive they are? That's a lot of cash for an aluminium bike.

 

[Milkfloat]

I wouldn't mind betting a lot of the disc brake promoters are the ones who always take their bike to the LBS for everything and leave them to sort it out.
Someone at work bought a flat bar Spesh with hydraulic discs and reports them as being a complete pain. He's a long term rider and engineer by trade so he's used to fixing things and it's not like he's a mechanically clueless muppet. Even so, he's had enough of them. He's now decided to sell the bike whilst all the born-again coronacyclists are keeping used prices high and has resurrected his old rim-braked bike, suitably commuterised with mudguards and rack.

Sounds like he is pretty mechanically clueless, they really are not difficult.

 

[dickyknees]

Jesus, is that how expensive they are? That's a lot of cash for an aluminium bike.

Quote in Canadian dollars maybe?

 

[tdcadillac]

Quote in Canadian dollars maybe?

Yes it is. it is only website but will make sure to mention that in future thread.

 

[RoadRider400]

Being a fine weather leisure cyclist I would go for the rim brakes. Nothing to do with the groupset, I would pick rims over the discs even if the groupsets were the same. My current rims are 105 and give me more than enough stopping power and I think discs ruin the side profile of a bike. I have a hybrid with discs and I find they are a little more difficult to maintain and adjust than the roadie rims.

That said If I leisure cycled in rain I would probably have picked a road bike with discs.

 

[Shortandcrisp]

Living in a relatively flat part of the UK (Norfolk), and being a fair weather cyclist, I’m sticking with rim brakes; as far as I can see, they’re much simpler to set up and maintain and, were I to invest in a bike with disk brakes, I’d want to upgrade the wheel set, thus making my current wheel sets redundant.