Originally Posted by
oldbobcat
The customer is always right, no?
I'll eventually be dragged, kicking and screaming, into getting a disc brake road bike. If I don't die first.
Well the customer was only me
Drifting off topic here but I don't like disks on road bikes. I like the symmetry and elegance of light-weight fork blades and stays with braking forces going through the strongest places on the frame. Road calipers are simple and just plain work. I live somewhere pretty flat anyway. When it comes to heavier-built bikes with wider tyres, cantis and V-brakes are a bit more of a faff and there's a much stronger case for disks.