Originally Posted by cyccommute

The response was "Huh?" as in "What are you talking about?" As in "You have no idea what you are talking about and are simply making stuff up." Your whole idea about v-brakes is completely off the mark and not within my experience nor have I ever read anything by anyone with braking issues that fits your description.

I have absolutely nothing against new technology nor do I have any particular love of obsolete technology. But I also don't go out and purchase new technology because it's new and shiny. I think the threadless headsets is among bicycling greatest invention. I think that STI brake/shifter levers rank right up there too. I think that external bottom bracket cranks do for bicycling what PVC pipe did for plumbing...i.e. any idiot with a hacksaw can do plumbing with PVC.

There are lots of other things about bicycling that I don't like...U-brakes (dumbest technology ever!), 10 (11, 12 or 28) speed cassettes without larger ranges, compact double cranks, integrated headsets, low spoke count wheels with proprietary parts, and, yes, disc brakes. It's not that I have a problem with these ideas it's just that they aren't really improvements nor are they significantly better than the technology they are replacing.