Originally Posted by
seypat
With the same system, each rider knows what the limits are of that system. But with different systems, different limitations.
With the example you keep citing, the disc brake rider now thinks he can get by with 2 or 3 inches instead of 4. Maybe he can. But the rider behind him on the rim brakes still needs at least 4. So every time that disc rider hits the brakes, he has another rider in his jersey with him.
I don't get the deal.
You ride lazily by wheelsucking in bad weather (and dangerously)...you get what you deserve.
Riders piling up on one another due to tail gating are not the fault of the brakes...they're the fault of wheelsuckers not wanting to work and have a group training ride. It isn't like all rim brakes are identical anyway, between pads and rims and calipers and groupsets-every team bike handles braking differently anyway.