Originally Posted by
aclinjury
well people believe disc gives better modulation and better feel, especially in the wet. This is supposed to allow them to feel the limit of traction without exceeding it. That's the whole idea of better feel and modulation, isn't it? If guys are still riding faster than they should be, then is it because they're not "feeling and modulating"?
I'm not sure where you're going with this.
Nothing is perfect and will stop 100% of crashes; especially when end-users are willing to gamble for marginal gains. I'd bet money we'd have seen much more of a demolition derby on that stage with everyone using carbon brakes and rim brakes. This is a very atypical TdF which has made it far more interesting. Usually the first 8 days of TdF are 200km long flat prairie rides about as technical/difficult as walking on a sidewalk--where everyone can shake out the legs and bike handling skills...and absolutely nothing notworthy happens until the last 500 meters. This time we had mountain climbs and technical blind-turn mountain descents in complete downpours on Day 1, after most of the peloton had barely any racing on their legs in
months.
BTW if you watched La Course.....the ladies had a dry non-eventful day of it.