Disc brakes on road bikes.......what advantages/disadvantages are there ?

[screenman]

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To hot new disk

A mate of a friend did away with his metal disc and replaced it with one made from a cereal box. It shaved loads off of the weight of the bike and made cornering at the bottom of big hills way more exciting.

 

[Prometheus]

A mate of a friend did away with his metal disc and replaced it with one made from a cereal box. It shaved loads off of the weight of the bike and made cornering at the bottom of big hills way more exciting.

Then he must be a G C contender

 

[screenman]

Then he must be a G C contender

I do not think he plays golf.

 

[Prometheus]

I do not think he plays golf.

We must have a trending thread by now!

 

[Prometheus]

advantages/disadvantages what are there?

I have just pointed them out!
That's all

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

 

[Prometheus]

In the end you cannot stop faster than your tyre's can grip.

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[Milkfloat]

Disc Brakes are lethal. I once burnt my fingers testing out how hot they get.

 

[Prometheus]

Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.