Originally Posted by
GamblerGORD53
Building a very low maintenance ultra fast super commuter
Here. Read these 6 pages. This guy got titanium, Alfine11 with hydo disc brakes and belt drive.
Lots of discussion about my fave drum brakes.
Hey, Bob .... IF and when I see anybody going 20 miles with a 5 lb grocery bag on both sides of a CF racer handlebar, then I'll consider them not useless. LOL.
You're always so dogmatic and hard-ass about this stuff. Lots of people enjoy riding CF bikes, racing, fun rides, and even touring. A group of us did a 6 day tour and one of the CF bikes towed a B.O.B. trailer and 3 of the others used seat post racks with panniers and even backpacks.
I ride with 2 road clubs. 500 members in one and about half that in the other. The vast majority of the members ride CF bikes. Never seen drum brakes except on tandems. Don't recall ever seeing an IGH. edit: I remembered there was a guy with an IGH on an old Trek CF bike a few weeks ago. He also had flat bars and he passed me on a 3 mile climb. He was about 70 pounds lighter than I am, I'm guessing.