The big push for discs is because they work better, period. Some people are happy to have brakes that work 'well enough'. Like I said before, if I always rode in fair weather, I too wouldn't care about having discs. But if you ride in snow, rain, wet mud, swampy terrain, etc, it becomes very obvious, very quickly, how rim brakes fall short.
I agree re: aesthetics. Canti's and centre-pulls look SO good to me. And CX racing bikes with wide-hanging canti's...so euro-pro! On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Garth <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mechanics aside ..... disc brakes are just plain aesthetically > unappealing :) I can't use any brake lever I want to either, and you have > to dish the front wheel.... stupid stuff like this ... goes on and on. > On this I'm happily a s n o b ! > > I wouldn't expect Riv to add disc brakes any more than I'd expect low > trail frames. I don't expect Ferrari to make station wagons either ;) > > There's plenty of willing bike manufactures out there for the > i-this/that/andtheother crowd who has to have the latest thing. As for wet > braking performance and wear, they could also just make better rims. Hark > ! ... there's a novel idea, improve upon what you're already offering. > > What's the big push for discs anyways ? Follow the money ... always > follow the money . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/lJn4CJ1Y9zU/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
