Originally Posted by Psimet2001

My cross bike complete with SRAM CX1 hydraulic disc weighs in at 16 lbs.

Disc overkill? Absolutely. As a wheelbuilder - gotta say I prefer how disc brake wheel fare, but I can always build a lighter rim brake wheel of course.

I guess I understand the hesitation, but here's the basics - you can't fight it. The whole industry is going disc. I can't fight it and I am in the industry. So - get used to it. Also: riding disc on the road, even at human speeds, is actually a LOT of fun. A whole helluva lot more fun than I thought it would be. More control overall.

Needed? No, but then again we really didn't need to change from the old school canti's either. I mean they stopped us. Same with Friction shifting....it shifted.... etc.