Warren_G Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 Interesting article http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/08/bikes-and-tech/stopping-progress-debate-hydraulic-disc-brakes-pro-peloton_340905
Warren_G Posted August 13, 2014 Author Posted August 13, 2014 Most concerns cited are around safety and how quick wheel changes will be...as the article says they're only obstacles and once they're overcome and the UCI convinced there will be a wholesale change to disc brakes. Same thing happened with mountain biking in early 2000's now we're all riding disc brakes
Johny Bravo Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 I have the new spez Roubaix with the disc brakes. Its really flippen good, and I cant imagine riding without them now. niterider, Warren_G, Wannabe and 1 other 4
SwissVan Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 I have the new spez Roubaix with the disc brakes. Its really flippen good, and I cant imagine riding without them now. There is no doubting that they work better, the point imo is do you really need better brakes? Just wait untill you hear the "ching ching" rubbing and get air in the system.....
Hairy Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 I have the new spez Roubaix with the disc brakes. Its really flippen good, and I cant imagine riding without them now.Damned Johny .... you have so much Spez stuff I bet your underwear also has the big S on it Johny Bravo and Help.Me. 2
Hairy Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 Going disc would / should certainly open up the door to interesting rim profile designs that could be more aero and also be better to run with Tjooobleess on roadie wheels ... or am I off the mark? Weight ... some of these chaps are using lead weights to keep their bikes in the legal limit anyway. Super Sywurm, walkerr, Cargyrl and 1 other 4
walkerr Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) Going disc would / should certainly open up the door to interesting rim profile designs that could be more aero and also be better to run with Tjooobleess on roadie wheels ... or am I off the mark? Weight ... some of these chaps are using lead weights to keep their bikes in the legal limit anyway. No - you are bang on the mark. Discs on a road bike don't just offer better braking, they remove the issue of brake pads being less effective on carbon rims in the wet, overheating etc etc. Add discs to a set of carbon clinchers with tubeless tyres, and the wheel removal issue also goes away coz punctures become very rare. My buddy rides tubeless in the UK, and hasn't had a flat in over 2,000Km (probably way more than that now). That's heading towards close to the useful life of a fast road tyre, which is a predictable maintenance replacement you can do in the workshop. Edited August 13, 2014 by walkerr Hairy and Warren_G 2
tombeej Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 If/when it happens in pro racing, it will have to be a forced wholesale move by all pro teams at the same time. Imagine coming down the back side of the Stelvio in snow/sleet and some riders are on rim brakes with others on discs. Huge difference in stopping power. People will be flying into each other and there'll be carnage in the peloton in general. All has to happen at once or not at all. And therein lies the rub. Not all will want to move.
Hairy Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 The comment of the rotor being able to burn your face if the bike lands on you (from the article and also highly unlikely) being one of the "danger" factors ... it could also be said that the STI levers could gouge out an eye or impale a rider and that a short circuit on a Di type setup could lead to the bike setting alight. Don't knock my short circuit comment, easy to happen if the cables are damaged in a crash allowing the bare wire to touch .... many moons ago (when men were men and night riders built their own lights from the D/lights and alarm batteries) I made a rather nice headlamp for night riding and in the parking lot one of the other riders said "your light is burning" to which I proudly said "thank you" .... then I realise my light was actually burning thanks to a short caused by a screw thread inside the light body that had slowly but surely damaged the electrical wires protective rubber coating. Vangar 1
Butterbean Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 If/when it happens in pro racing, it will have to be a forced wholesale move by all pro teams at the same time. Imagine coming down the back side of the Stelvio in snow/sleet and some riders are on rim brakes with others on discs. Huge difference in stopping power. People will be flying into each other and there'll be carnage in the peloton in general. All has to happen at once or not at all. And therein lies the rub. Not all will want to move. Difference in braking power is not the issue. The issue with them all moving over, is neutral service support. They will all need to move to one standard as then the neutral support will only have that standard.
nonky Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 Disk brakes on road bikes - what next, are they going to dump the toitpants for baggies?
droo Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 Disk brakes on road bikes - what next, are they going to dump the toitpants for baggies? Where is this utopia you speak of? I'd like to visit... GrantRH and niterider 2
WIPEOUT 1000 Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 Difference in braking power is not the issue. The issue with them all moving over, is neutral service support. They will all need to move to one standard as then the neutral support will only have that standard. I agree the moment we see the Campagnolo prototypes, I'm sure the change would be imminent.
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