Originally Posted by
prj71
I guess the bottom line is...Whether you like it or not...just like mountain bikes...rim brakes are slowly being phased out on road bikes. It won't be long before you won't be able to buy a road bike with rim brakes.
Want a road bike from Trek with rim brakes? They have exactly two that they will sell you.
https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/b...ort=price-asc#
And they even have a 15 lb bike with disc brakes!!!
So, it's a $180 premium for the AL 2 with disks. And the other rim brake bike is the $4,000 "Speed Concept" aero bike.
Looks like C&V for me.