Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
On a tangent, where are you planning on doing most of your riding? There's nothing anywhere in Florida that needs a disc brake.
Northern Georgia is manageable without a disc brake.
If you're going to be doing a steady diet on long twisty descents, I can see the case for the disc, but if most of your riding is around here, I would skip the disc.
My take on disc brakes FWIW
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Most of our tandem riding will be in your back yard my friend. You know who we are :-)
The rear disc will only be on the bike when we do travel to the hills. The rims brakes will always be on the bike. I want the rear disc because we will have some carbon rims when we do the hilly events. I don't want to overheat the carbon rims. And, if it happens to rain, the disc will help out.
"How" you say, will I operate three brakes at one time? The rear disc will be a hydraulic brake operated by my very capable stoker wife. Think of it as a modern "drag brake".
Hope you had a race this weekend
merlinextraligh
Rick