Originally Posted by
SundayNiagara
I have a first generation Emonda SL 5 with rim brakes. While I was shopping, I asked Leon at Hialeah Schwinn about the differences between rim & disc. His reply, get discs if you plan on riding in wet weather. (Who wants to do that?) Now I see many bikes are disc only, what a shame.
Although disc brakes are not my preference, they have one additional advantage. And that is that you don't have to ask any brake questions when choosing various carbon disk wheels. Carbon and rim brakes seem a bit marginal to my uninformed mind.
dave