Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
I found a leaked internal document from Jumbo Visma, listing the reasons why they use rim brakes (in order of importance):
1) Simplifies logistics of wheel changes.
2) Slightly faster wheels changes.
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96) Can't decide if it's "disc" or "disk", so we decided to use rim brakes.
97) "Rim" has fewer letters than "disc", so it's probably faster.
98) Team owner's brother-in-law uses disc brakes on his mountain bike, and he can't stand his brother in law, so ...
99) Prefer dead weight in seat tube instead of brake rotors.
100) Why not?
If only you had some decent stopping power to use before making this post...
Originally Posted by
OBoile
That's a lot of desperation.
Desperation? Are you sure you are using the right word? Where do you see desperation there?