As opposed to what? My Hemingway's factory disk brakes had little stopping power to speak of, not even enough to lock the rear wheel with me leaning over the front wheel. I ended up swapping them out for a nice set of hydraulic Shimanos. Now I have all the stopping power I could possibly need - certainly enough to overwhelm all the traction the Big Apples could muster - but it's the rider's skillful modulation that matters when it comes to avoiding locking a wheel.