Originally Posted by
Campag4life
Roubaix owner here and can't say enough about what a great bike it is. I however am not so quick to embrace disk brakes on a road bike for a couple of reasons. Weight...they weigh a bit more...aren't as aero...not that big a deal really...but they are more fiddly to set up and maintain. Not that they are that difficult to maintain. Advantage is with stopping in wet of course...but I don't ride much in wet and when I do, I just adjust my stopping distances.
The debate about disk brakes which btw I really like on an all weather bike...isn't going to go away any time soon. But for me, I prefer caliper brakes on my Roubaix and even though mine is a Campy bike, I prefer Ultegra 6800 brakes....they are fantastic.
I agree, though I'm curious if the new shimano full hydraulic discs will be less work to maintain and less fiddly. They're supposed to be - but they always claim that don't they?
Stopping in the wet is an advantage. The most touted advantage of full hydro is modulation - the ability to easily fine tune how much braking force you're using according to how much force you put on the brakes. Haven't tried them myself yet, so not sure if they live up to their claims.