Your next road bike: disc or caliper brake

['Dale]

I do indeed. As I'm wrong I'd be interested in your opinion on why you don't rate disc brakes on the road.

 

I rate them highly under the most demanding of road conditions and for use under the demands of PRO cycling, as mentioned numerous times over multiple threads.

[carbon29er]

I rate them highly under the most demanding of road conditions and for use under the demands of PRO cycling, as mentioned numerous times over multiple threads.

Not quite the opinion I was requesting. I think we all know full well that you think they are for pros only. It would be interesting to know why you think us weekend warriors don't need them when so many have expressed the opinion that hydraulic disc brakes are so much better than cable rim brakes when it really matters and we have to stop in a big hurry.

 

After all, how often do pros need to stop during a race?

[dave303e]

as long as the front disc is linked to the right hand lever like it should be then discs are cool

[Jurgens Smit]

I see Boonen won the first race on disks.

I'd be quite keen to see what the difference on his 2 bikes are and how that equates to speed and aerodynamic gain/loss

[jcza]

Only downside at this point must be cost. Weight difference is negligible. However if the bunch goes down at 40+km/h you're going down with them, disc or no disc.

[LOOK695]

Doesn't look like discs are going to happen soon........

 

https://www.bikerumor.com/2017/02/15/another-bump-road-peloton-disc-brakes-cpa-association-professional-cyclists/#more-151163

[SwissVan]

Now where was that thread where the future (and safety of) discs on road bikes was so hotly dicussed... ah never mind this one will do

 

 

Owain Doull has called for disc brakes to be banned unless protective casings are introduced after suffering a crash on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi Tour in which he claims one of Marcel Kittel's rotors slashed through his shoe.

 

 

"My shoe was cut to pieces. That's definitely a disc brake that has done that," said Doull.

"It's gone straight through the shoe into my foot. It's lucky that's not my leg to be honest. If anything I've come off lucky there, if thatd been my leg it would have cut straight through it, for sure. You've seen my shoe – it's gone straight through that."

"Nothing else could cut like that, it's like a knife, it cut straight through it. You can see that thin line, it's exactly in line, cut there and cut there on my shoe and both straight through in an arrow-straight line."

 

 

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/doull-claims-kittels-lethal-disc-brake-bike-almost-caused-serious-injury/

 

 

 

[Pure Savage]

Now where was that thread where the future (and safety of) discs on road bikes was so hotly dicussed... ah never mind this one will do

 

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Owain Doull has called for disc brakes to be banned unless protective casings are introduced after suffering a crash on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi Tour in which he claims one of Marcel Kittel's rotors slashed through his shoe.

 

 

"My shoe was cut to pieces. That's definitely a disc brake that has done that," said Doull.

"It's gone straight through the shoe into my foot. It's lucky that's not my leg to be honest. If anything I've come off lucky there, if thatd been my leg it would have cut straight through it, for sure. You've seen my shoe – it's gone straight through that."

"Nothing else could cut like that, it's like a knife, it cut straight through it. You can see that thin line, it's exactly in line, cut there and cut there on my shoe and both straight through in an arrow-straight line."

 

 

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/doull-claims-kittels-lethal-disc-brake-bike-almost-caused-serious-injury/

 

Pity he was 5m from the disc brake bike. His shoe was cut by a rusty barrier foot.

[Jase619]

Unless he is very flexible, doubt he could have got his left foot on the other side of the bike to have it cut. ..but stranger things have happened. . .gonna start blaming the razor in the bathroom for cutting my finger in the kitchen, cause it's close enough. . .

[Kalahari Vegmot]

Wait until he is cut by a bladed spoke...

[Yusran]

Now where was that thread where the future (and safety of) discs on road bikes was so hotly dicussed... ah never mind this one will do

 

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Owain Doull has called for disc brakes to be banned unless protective casings are introduced after suffering a crash on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi Tour in which he claims one of Marcel Kittel's rotors slashed through his shoe.

 

 

"My shoe was cut to pieces. That's definitely a disc brake that has done that," said Doull.

"It's gone straight through the shoe into my foot. It's lucky that's not my leg to be honest. If anything I've come off lucky there, if thatd been my leg it would have cut straight through it, for sure. You've seen my shoe – it's gone straight through that."

"Nothing else could cut like that, it's like a knife, it cut straight through it. You can see that thin line, it's exactly in line, cut there and cut there on my shoe and both straight through in an arrow-straight line."

 

 

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/doull-claims-kittels-lethal-disc-brake-bike-almost-caused-serious-injury/

 

Okay so I just checked this with my shoe against my bike, and if this were to happen you:

 

- you would have to be humping the offending disc equipped bike/rider (or be on the floor doing some epic karmasutra) to get into a position where a disc could cut your shoe

- the spokes would first deflect/eat your shoe and ankle together

- your knee would get hit by a pedal/tyre, depending on your matrix skills, or a front wheel would imminently ride over your crotch

 

I just finished working for the day so that was a fun exercise I'm sure my living room floor feels violated now.

 

 

I love my disc equipped bike, just annoying that I can't ride it in WP Cycling events.

 

I also love standard caliper brake/rim brakes by the way, just added another bike with V-brakes to the collection... and here I thought I was trying n-1.

 

 

 

That said, my next road bike will have caliper brakes just so that I can ride in certain events with the rest of my mates.

 

I jumped the gun with disc brakes, so my current bike (with disc brakes) will be used for absolutely everything and anything else where discs aren't prohibited. It's costing me another bike now, but hey now you guys can learn from my troubles

[Heel Drop]

I think its TIME to put caliper brakes on MTB's the next big thing ....

[carbon29er]

Pro cyclists who fall and get cut in the process do not appear to be blessed with excess, if any, intellect and logic.

 

I fell, I got cut, must be a disk brake. It's pro cycling's equivalent of the Gupta's WMC. Or Trump's non reported terror attacks.

[SwissVan]

Pro cyclists who fall and get cut in the process do not appear to be blessed with excess, if any, intellect and logic.

 

I fell, I got cut, must be a disk brake. It's pro cycling's equivalent of the Gupta's WMC. Or Trump's non reported terror attacks.

Tell that to this guy.... he represents the pro riders and on his own has more cycling intellect and experience than the entire hub collective

 

As he says no one knows for sure what the cause was.... let's rather wait for 100% proof and a serious injury

 

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/disc-brakes-someone-might-have-to-take-a-bullet-for-change-to-happen-says-hansen/

 

"A lot of riders are concerned and worried about it, and they just hope it’s not the disc brake," he said.

 

The Australian said it might take 'a bullet’ for the sport’s governing body to step in and stop its disc brake trials for a second time, but he conceded that the matter was complicated by the lack of a smoking gun.

 

It’s a bit strange how there’s one rider on disc brakes, and that one rider is in that crash. It looks pretty clear that it was from a disc brake. There are images showing that Kittel is nowhere near him, but on the other hand, if you look where Kittel crashed, his bike isn’t in view either. So the bike could have been anywhere else. In that sense, nothing is really sure, but it looks pretty clear to me."

[CAAD4]

First they hit like girls, now this. What's next, throwing bikes through the air in a tantrum? Wait that's also been done..

[Patchelicious]

Confirmed disk related injuries = 0*

 

Moto related injuries = hundreds

 

Barrier related injuries = hundreds

 

....... let's all freak out about disk. WTF

 

This has become a power struggle, that's all that it is.