surreal

I don't think noise is "more important" than performance; I think loud brakes are more annoying than quiet ones. As far as performance goes, linear pull brakes stop my bike reliably within a few seconds and a few feet on pavement. I couldn't/wouldn't expect better performance than that. I don't know tat all discs are loud, but I've heard a good many loud one, and I find it far easier to silence noisy rim brakes than I do noisy discs.

(My drums take a few more feet, but they're quiet and extremely predictable unless they're pretty hot... which never happens on my commute.)

Fair enough; that's pretty much universal.

Yeah, my warping issues occurred on fairly tame but sometimes long xc-style rides. Modern disc brakes were designed for offroad applications, but they look/seem cool, so now ppl are putting them on their road bikes.


What's the advantage over rim brakes for commuting? I see some advantages over a c/b for some commutes, but disc brakes are not really weatherproof anyway.