Originally Posted by
zeppinger
I like it well enough but are disks breaks really necessary for a bike just to go shopping? Often times these concepts look really cool but so much extra bling and technology is added that they ended up costing 2k or more. I doubt many people are going to give up their cars to buy a 2k bike to haul their groceries.
Disc brakes don't really cost any more than rim brakes now, and they perform much better, so the question should be why would anyone want rim brakes. A braking system that won't stop my bicycle safely when wet, and eats it's way through the rim sidewall, qualifies as useless bling.