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.
Please, enlighten me. What do disk brakes have over rim brakes in the wet? The limits of braking are the tire to the road and not the rim to brake surface. I could be in a downpour with sheets of water cascading off me and my bike and still apply enough force to lock up both wheels so what benefit could disk brakes possibly give me in that situation?