Originally Posted by
grolby
Hmmm. The thing about roller brakes is they suck out loud in all conditions. Not sure about conventional drum brakes, but my experiences with roller brakes in particular are not that positive. Personally I've been happy enough with rim brakes even in winter. If it gets really snowy, I'm going so slow at that point that it hardly matters that the performance suffers. Still. Of the available hub brakes, discs are what I personally would choose.
What roller brakes are you basing that opinion on? If it's what you get on bike share bikes, then I agree, but Shimano sells several models and the bigger ones with heat dissipation fins perform better (but they're heavier too). What I had initially was a disc brake on the front and a roller brake on the rear and that may be a nice combo. It doesn't take much to skid a rear wheel. Even a wimpy roller brake can usually do that.