new specialized roubaix

[Mr Haematocrit]

Where are the brakes.

Ohh here they are...

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

Sorry about the picture quality, they were taken with a phone which has been dropped in the bath
I think the bike looks really cool without the caliper

 

[Cycling Dan]

Good to see a company take the plunge with disk brakes

 

[mark st1]

N+ ????????? lol nice one

 

[ianrauk]

Disc brakes are the future

 

[Cycling Dan]

Disc brakes are the future

No doubt about it but most companies seem to be avoiding them. I think the main reason is price.

 

[ianrauk]

No doubt about it but most companies seem to be avoiding them. I think the main reason is price.

It's only a matter of time Dan.
A lot of manufacturers are now dabbling.

 

[Peteaud]

Not cheap tho
http://www.specializedconceptstore.co.uk/detail/13roubaix/roubaix/roubaix expert sl4 disc/

 

[BikeLiker]

Not cheap tho
http://www.specializedconceptstore.co.uk/detail/13roubaix/roubaix/roubaix expert sl4 disc/

£3k - same price as the non-disk SL4, isn't it? Presumably as a marketing exercise to get peeps used to the idea. And they're mechanical, not hydraulic.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

There non has internal cabling and cable disks. TRP sell a full hydraulic kit based around Di2 which fits this bike... the shifters were first announced last year

http://road.cc/content/news/54247-trp-launch-di2-compatible-hydraulic-road-brake-levers

 

[ianrauk]

I have decided. A Spesh with discs will be my next carbon jobbie.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

There is also a s-works version in limited numbers with s-works hydraulic brakes in frame set only

 

[StuAff]

Official Di2 hydraulic discs are soon in the offing- http://road.cc/content/news/76756-revealed-shimano-di2-hydraulic-disc-brakes-are-coming

I'm with Ian on the whole disc thing. Some of my riding acquaintances are of the views that they don't want them- why for a summer bike/ugly/callipers work well enough/heavy....
Cable discs are allegedly more bother than hydros- well, in a year and a bit and 6,300 or so miles so far on the Trek, no bother at all. Discs don't care if your rims are covered in crud, or it's raining, or they're aluminium or carbon. They'll just work. And for an (expensive) summer bike- say you'd like a nice flash set of carbon clinchers. You go on a holiday to the Alps or the Pyrenees. Which braking solution is far safer for a 50 mph descent? The one that is far less likely to cause your wheels to delaminate or your tyres to burst, I'd say. For that reason alone, I'd say discs will be getting a lot more popular for road bikes.

I'm kind of surprised that Trek haven't made any moves to launch road bikes (rather than the Portland and its Crossrip successor) with discs yet - they're taking a wait-and-see approach (officially, on the technology and the demand, though I'm sure they're paying attention to how Spesh do with the Roubaix & Secteur disc versions). Domane disc would be my kind of bike. Unless I had the £££££ for a Parlee Z-Zero....

 

[Basil.B]

I don't like discs on road bikes.
Don't look right too me at all.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

You go on a holiday to the Alps or the Pyrenees. Which braking solution is far safer for a 50 mph descent? The one that is far less likely to cause your wheels to delaminate or your tyres to burst, I'd say. For that reason alone, I'd say discs will be getting a lot more popular for road bikes..

If this is an issue why are the pro riders in the tours not using disc's at this time, even in paris roubaix? -- how many times are you aware of decent wheels suffering delamination?
Disk brakes do change the requirement of the wheel however, Zipp are going to be releasing some wheels specifically for disk based bike