Originally Posted by
speshelite
You don't seem to understand that a single cervelo model is not representative of the entire road bike market.
Of course one bike from any manufacturer isn't representative of the entire market, don't be silly.
I don't care about the entire market, and neither do you. We care about bikes we own, and bikes we might in the future. We also care about how bikes are evolving.
In that sense, Cervelo has proven that from a frameset perspective, there is a weight
benefit to disc brakes. We're not talking about the Walmart bikes that outnumber boutique bikes in the world, we're talking about what's possible.
Besides, there are other bikes than the R5 that have no or vanishingly small weight penalty. And there will be more.