Rim vs Discs - again.

[GuyBoden]

I'm not sure about that. Other than doing an oil flush every now and again they're pretty much fit and forget.

That's my experience too.

But, cable disc brakes can use less expensive cables\levers and you can more easily change a cable. Problem is that you need to constantly adjust the cable so that the pads work.

I wouldn't like a hydraulic disc system to go wrong on a long tour, they are more difficult to fix out in the wild.

 

[welsh dragon]

I’d say for 99.9% of us no matter how sexy the bike is, once you sit on the bike all sexiness is lost.

@welsh dragon is probably the exception to this rule.

You are def my favourite person on this forum, I've always said that

 

[chriswoody]

as discs are fugly

The defence would like to point you towards Hope RX4+ 4 piston calipers, an exercise in engineering beauty and design, also available in a range of anodised colours to suit.

 

[fossyant]

I’d say for 99.9% of us no matter how sexy the bike is, once you sit on the bike all sexiness is lost.

@welsh dragon is probably the exception to this rule.

Who looks at the rider eh ? No real cyclist.

PS stop buttering up @welsh dragon you smooth operator

 

[welsh dragon]

Who looks at the rider eh ? No real cyclist.

PS stop buttering up @welsh dragon you smooth operator

You're just jealous...

 

[ColinJ]

Who looks at the rider eh ? No real cyclist.

Ha ha - I remember being out shopping in Hebden Bridge with my then girlfriend when a guy shot past us on a stunning Colnago. My girlfriend elbowed me in the ribs and told me to stop ogling that sexy young woman. I asked her WHAT sexy young woman...? The one riding the Colnago, apparently!