Originally Posted by
Niloc
You're probably right, but they have legit purpose on mountain bikes and others, is there anything wrong with sticking with calipers for lightweight road bikes? Horses for courses? Sometimes I think it's possible to over-innovate.
Nope my calipers stop my road bike just fine, I can lock them up quite easily.
According to Shimano, using their disc system has no weight penalties.
I do appreciate having discs on my commuter.