Originally Posted by
indyfabz
I have descended passes in the Rockies and elsewhere riding fully-loaded bikes in the rain (and snow) with no issues. Or maybe I am dead right now and just don't know it, like in that movie?
Originally Posted by
UCantTouchThis
It doesn't rain much here and I have ridden in rain with no problems, tandem, roadie and MTB. I did a 4500 ft descent (21 miles of switchbacks) on a mountain road on my roadie in pouring rain with no brake issues. Had more "chain" issues going through river crossings on my mtb than any kind of V brake/rim problems.
Originally Posted by
Rick
My hydraulic rim brakes on my tandem have no issues when wet. They have no issues going down a mountain pass and not functioning because of overheating. .
Interesting line of reasoning throughout that seems to come down to......
Did Not Die = No Issues.
Yes, I too used rim brakes in wet, steep mountainous terrain and wet crossings for years and lived to talk about it. I am overall fine with a rim brake bike (I own several and even occasionally trail ride on one), but these are brakes, not family members. I don't get all bothered when the downsides are pointed out. I am not about to kid myself about braking in the wet. The braking is much less predictable before the rim is clear of water. But like so many other things, you don't really notice some issues until they are gone.
Look, I was responding to an off-topic post that was utterly irrelevant to the thread topic. Someone had no useful advice or insight about the OPs question about disc brakes, so instead they virtue signal about not using them, hoping to have a rim vs disc debate. And I made the mistake of feeding the troll. My bad.