Originally Posted by patentcad
Sufficient unless the road is wet. Then you just get killed. Whatever.
I'm astonished that disc brakes haven't made an appearance on high end road bikes to date. Or maybe I am missing something here. Enlighten me.
Its simply not needed. If you cant stop on road style brakes, you either need to go to Weight Watchers or get new brakes. If it rains, get some wet weather pads. Also, discs ARE a heavier system, no arguing that. The current breed of road wheels cannot take the torsional stress of brakes close to the hub. Compensating for this would result in added weight, and you would probably end up with somthing that looks like a mountain bike wheel anyways.