Originally Posted by topflightpro

A buddy of mine won a set last year. He used them once, and he didn't seem impressed. The second time he went to use them, he wasn't paying attention when putting them on and let them slam together. Apparently that is a No-No, and they broke.




They are your brakes. Do you really want to go cheap and risk them not working when you need them most?




At this point, if I were to buy a new bike, I'd probably go with one with discs. I am convinced that in a few years, it will be nearly impossible to find a frameset for rim brakes - just look how hard it has gotten in cross in just two years. It's not necessarily the direction I want to go, but it really seems to me that is the way the industry is going.