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!

 

[cyberknight]

Club ride yesterday there were 2 of us on rim brakes and the other 5 on disc and a couple of times i heard one particular person say " rim brake rider " .I didn’t call it out as i wasn’t in the mood to start a debate as I was there to relax but is it a common thing in clubs these days to look down on rim brakes or is that particular rider just a bit of a turnip ?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Club ride yesterday there were 2 of us on rim brakes and the other 5 on disc and a couple of times i heard one particular person say " rim brake rider " .I didn’t call it out as i wasn’t in the mood to start a debate as I was there to relax but is it a common thing in clubs these days to look down on rim brakes or is that particular rider just a bit of a turnip ?

I would go for option 2

I have never ridden in a club - I regard cycling as a solo leisure activity

but people who are snobbish about how up-to-date and trendy their kit is are normally turnips
no matter what the sport

 

[HLaB]

Club ride yesterday there were 2 of us on rim brakes and the other 5 on disc and a couple of times i heard one particular person say " rim brake rider " .I didn’t call it out as i wasn’t in the mood to start a debate as I was there to relax but is it a common thing in clubs these days to look down on rim brakes or is that particular rider just a bit of a turnip ?

I would bet on the latter. I've never heard anything disparaging about rim brakes, especially when you smash folks uphills and my also on rim brakes smashes them downhill too.

 

[Gwylan]

Interesting spectator sport here.

Wondering why you can't have self adjusting, cable disc brakes?
Or do they exist.

My current bike has liquid disc brakes. Yes they squeak, do need bleeding from time to time.
Get rid of the bleeding and include self adjusting and use cables - we might get a better solution.

 

[HLaB]

Interesting spectator sport here.

Wondering why you can't have self adjusting, cable disc brakes?
Or do they exist.

My current bike has liquid disc brakes. Yes they squeak, do need bleeding from time to time.
Get rid of the bleeding and include self adjusting and use cables - we might get a better solution.

Ive never used them my self but you get cable pull disc brakes already but I think folk prefer the modulation of hydraulic discs.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Club ride yesterday there were 2 of us on rim brakes and the other 5 on disc and a couple of times i heard one particular person say " rim brake rider " .I didn’t call it out as i wasn’t in the mood to start a debate as I was there to relax but is it a common thing in clubs these days to look down on rim brakes or is that particular rider just a bit of a turnip ?

People have always loved to look down on folk with less expensive kit.

Showing off your ability to pay is far more important than any marginal performance gain.

 

[Webbo2]

Having a rim braked bike is a sign that you have been cycling for a while and you haven’t just come in with the tide.😂😂😂

 

[fossyant]

Club ride yesterday there were 2 of us on rim brakes and the other 5 on disc and a couple of times i heard one particular person say " rim brake rider " .I didn’t call it out as i wasn’t in the mood to start a debate as I was there to relax but is it a common thing in clubs these days to look down on rim brakes or is that particular rider just a bit of a turnip ?

Don't know, my road/CX bikes don't half stop well, and does my commuter on rim brakes. I don't care.

Where it is a huge difference, is MTB, and bike packing. My CX bikes brakes are powerful (rim), more than the road bikes, but descending for 10-20 minutes pulling on standard braes, makes you realise how easy are disks. My 4 pot brakes on the MTB are incredible - but they need to stop you.

Road, not really needed. Off road, then yes.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

People have always loved to look down on folk with less expensive kit.

Showing off your ability to pay is far more important than any marginal performance gain.

That's certainly the case since the "New golf, latest fad brigade" (Unfortunately) discovered cycling. In both the clubs I belonged to I never heard even one person snigger about someone else's bike, if you were an enthusiast in what was then a geek sport you were welcome no matter what you rode.

A fair proportion of the new golf brigade are just prats. You had the same thing when motorcycles were "The new golf" back in the mid nineties to early noughties. Well off dickheads who went straight from L plates to one litre sports bikes and looked down at anyone who rode something practical for their needs.

When your hobby suddenly becomes popular the downsides outweigh the good.