Originally Posted by
MrPolak
Can someone explain to me why discs are bad when they are so good?
Peter White talked me out of disc brakes. He said that good, properly adjusted cantilevers do just fine. Yes, [some] disc brakes are 'stronger': but that is meaningless [according to PW, in that conversation] because if the cantis can freeze the wheels, you can't do any better than that.
Even in the rain, I wondered.
Yes, he said.
He talked about his own bike, and how he could lock the wheels under any conditions, including mud.
*******
[I remained somewhat skeptical, but this was his way of seeing it.... He thought that discs were just expensive and unnecessary, even on tandems.]
[He also seemed to think that most people do not get the most out of their cantis.]