gear

This is the first actual road bike I've heard of (not a commuter specific or cross bike) that has disc brakes and fender/rack mounts.

https://www.bikerumor.com/2011/04/20/...ights-details/

commo_soulja

I've never heard of that brand. The internal cable routing on the fork it trick and I'm diggin' the swoopy lines.

Now that the UCI had legalized disc brakes in cyclocross races, perhaps we'll see more 130mm disc hubs. Otherwise, I'd rather see a similar frame/bike with the more common 135mm disc hubs.

gear

I agree the cable routing looks cool. I haven't heard of the brand either but am hoping that it just existing will spur more makers to offer a model of road bike with discs. I have two issues with using a cross bike on the road one is the wider rear hub opening of the frame means you are essentially using MBT hubs and the second is that some makers raise the BB opening of the frame to give the bike more ground clearance.

Having a real road bike that had discs and tabs for fenders and racks would allow some riders to get one bike for use in commuting and on weekend rides without making compromises for either use. Not everyone would want this but some might.

BattleRabbit

I believe Renovo makes a bike of this type as well, only their bike is made of wood!

neil

Road bike + disc brakes + fender mounts (presumably with appropriate clearance)?

At a certain point, the distinction becomes one of marketing rather than function. A bike can't do everything, and the tradeoffs in fork weight and the fender clearance requirements pretty much mean you're ending up with something closer to a cross bike.

crhilton

I think I'll be afraid of high end road bikes with disc forks for a while... I'm thinking it'll take a few years for them to learn to make forks as sturdy as they are now, without making them heavy and so for a few years we'll have disc fork breakage.

But hey, maybe in 5-10 years I'll have a race bike with no cables (hydro disc brakes and electronic shifting). That'd be pretty cool.

Oil_LOL

It would be cool but I don't know if major companies would be willing to mass produce it. Roadies wouldn't like the use of disc brakes, probably even less than in Cyclocross. There isn't really a need for disc brakes in a competitive environment, that classic caliper brakes wouldn't do. It seems like the only people who would really want this, would be people in the commuting forums on BikeForums. I only know one person personally who commutes with discs, and they didn't buy their bike because of the disc brakes. I would probably enjoy this bike if I could afford it, but I don't know if the majority of people would. This is a cool bike, though

Hippiebrian

I so love the disks on my Raleigh Sojourn. It's the first disk brake bicycle I've owned, and won't look back. Some day if I ever replace the aging Gary Fisher mountain bike I commute in (the roads in my plant are terrible, making this the better choice) I'll get one with disks.

If I was ever in the market for a high end road bike, I'd consider it first, however I'm a 49 year old man and not in the best of shape (although better than I was a year ago when I started this current bike journey!) and just don't think I'll be comfy with a road bike again. I had an RB1 back in the day, but alas, I was in my 20's and 30's and much more flexible!

BattleRabbit

It's more commute oriented than the bike in the OP, but it does run drops, a rack, and disc brakes. A standard derailleur is an option not pictured(an SRAM 9-speed from the manufacturer).

JeremyLC

Incidentally, They're giving one away this summer. (I made sure to submit my form before posting this link )

uvbears

Take a look at the ***** tonk Inc from kona. Nice ride there

jeffpoulin

The Orbea Diem Drop is a carbon-based road bike with disc brakes. Orbea has had it in their lineup since 2007.

JeremyLC

I missed these two points

* Proof to the entry of a Metric century
* Current membership to cycling club or a Bicycle Coalition in United State

when registering, and was somewhat surprised by the follow-up EMail I received. It looks like they want their winner to take it out for a good length test ride.

AsanaCycles

This is Liscio in Rival

MichaelW

The major flaw at the moment is that the cable of the rear brake exits at the wrong angle for chainstay mounting. This will probably suffer from premature cable breakage.
If road/touring disc bikes become more popular and the rack/fender-friendly chainstay mount is used then I hope Avid update their BB7 to match, maybe put a vari-angle cable run.

AsanaCycles

here's a pic

Schwinnrider

Interesting idea.

flattie

Jamis has a steel road bike with disc brakes and fender mounts. I put a rack on mine as well with a trunk bag - the chainstays might be a bit short for a big pannier.

https://www.jamisbikes.com/usa/thebik..._bosanova.html

So far I'm likeing the bike a lot - this is after coming from an aluminum framed MTB (Raleigh m20).

CCrew

Salsa Vaya also.
https://salsacycles.com/bikes/vaya/