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Originally Posted by MERTON
you still run rim brakes?!
For me, there's no reason not to. They work well enough for my type of riding. I have no complaints with stopping power even in wet and muddy conditions. And upgrading my frame would mean that I would have either give up my current fork (which I absolutely love) in favour of ones with disc-tabs or fabricate myself some tabs and then play the gamble with epoxying it to the carbon fibre legs. I suppose I could build a clamp-on type mount though. And then I'd have to upgrade my wheels and if I go hydro, I'd have to upgrade my levers which are currently integrated so I'd have to get new shifters too. At anyrate, it's a lot of expense for little gain for me.
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