Originally Posted by
Fat Boy
I came away from that first ride I was completely blown away with how nice the discs were and how much I had underrated there ability to improve the entire package. I guess that's why I'd really like to see them on a CX bike now.
Hydraulics?
I've never used hydraulics, but I hear great things. I've got mechanical discs (BB7 road) on my winter bike and have used it for short track mountain bike racing (which, for the record, is a step closer to "a CX race with no running" but still tangibly different). I have no such revelatory experience to report. The same bike with a flat bar and the MTB BB7's was a little better, I think.
That said, disc brakes on a CX bike that is going to be used for commuting makes a lot of sense, because in commuting there are times when you have good traction and need to stop on a dime. If the UCI rule change leads to the availability of drop bar-compatible hydraulic disc brakes, I will definitely be an early adopter.