Originally Posted by rossiny

Wow read through a bunch of these comments . I guess it boils down to how fast your going down a hill and for how long . I'm in the midwest so I doubt there would be that problem.. my cantilever brakes on my vintage Schwinn Passage work fine, however I guess if I lived in a very hilly area ,,, disc brakes would probably be much safer because of the heating on the rims. Now I feel I need to get a disc brake touring bike for my fantasy fast downhill tour