Hydraulic disc brakes with drop bars

[benb]

Just saw this. Looks pretty snazzy.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/03/bikes-and-tech/colnago-brings-the-discs_208467

I guess other manufacturers will be following suit for 2013?

 

[numbnuts]

More to go wrong, I'm old school sorry

 

[srw]

Hydraulic discs on drop bars? Old hat.

Dissatisfied with the performance of available disc brakes, in 1997 we worked with the Italian manufacturer Formula to develop a tandem-specific hydraulic disc brake and the industry’s first remote master cylinder, thereby allowing owners of the world’s finest road tandems to combine hydraulic braking with integrated brake/shift levers.

http://santanatandem.com/Leadership/History.html

 

[Globalti]

I CAN'T WAIT!

Got my eye on the frame, all I need is those brakes and I'm going to build myself the perfect winter cross-purpose trainer.

 

[Boris Bajic]

Hydraulic discs on drop bars? Why not? Great idea!

And why not also Mussels in Strawberry and Asparagas sauce with Lemonade and Basil? Yum yum!

Why not a Chihuahua with the head of a Triceratops? Evolution itself distilled into perfection!

Or Trousers made of Camembert and liquorice? Fashion has been waiting for this!

But back to the OP:

No. Stop being silly. Grow up and be careful what you wish for. Before long you'll want a telephone that takes pictures!

No wonder our jails are full!

I hope I have helped...

 

[srw]

All I can say is - hydraulic disc brakes on a drop handlebar bike work extremely well. When you're hurtling down a hill in excess of 40mph and your best beloved is sitting behind you with no control over your shared bike (which, incidentally, is running on 28mm rubber, so perhaps 2 square cms of tyre are in contact with the road), willing you to slow down - you'd better believe that you can stop.

But to pretend that a 15-year-old technology is somehow new? Pull the other one.

 

[benb]

It's new, in that there is no mechanical to hydraulic converter required - it's all integrated in the brifters

 

[Red Light]

More to go wrong, I'm old school sorry

I wish the brakes on my bikes with cable brakes were as fit and forget as the ones on my bikes with hydraulic brakes.

 

[Boris Bajic]

All I can say is - hydraulic disc brakes on a drop handlebar bike work extremely well. When you're hurtling down a hill in excess of 40mph and your best beloved is sitting behind you with no control over your shared bike (which, incidentally, is running on 28mm rubber, so perhaps 2 square cms of tyre are in contact with the road), willing you to slow down - you'd better believe that you can stop.

But to pretend that a 15-year-old technology is somehow new? Pull the other one.

Pull the other one? I probably will.... It's connected to a proper brake with a cable and calipers.

Dearie, dearie me! These young people and their hare-brained notions about so-called 'brakes'.

And why, pray tell, does your best beloved feel it necessary to cadge a ride on your luggage rack? She'd be happier on her own bicycle.

 

[PK99]

, is running on 28mm rubber, so perhaps 2 square cms of tyre are in contact with the road.

That must be a hellish hight tyre pressure you run on!