why I don’t like disc brakes
​​​- adds / requires more structure to the frame and fork
- makes a flip flop hub infeasible…. This is the single speed/fixed forum.
- adds complexity that doesn’t improve anything. Properly set up brakes will lock up wheels just fine. Improperly set up brakes won’t, disc or not.

why I hate them
- encourages/enables bad trail behavior, like riding when trail conditions are muddy and wet. If you have rim brakes you’re less likely to ride a muddy trail so you don’t grind up your rim.
- gives unskilled riders a sense of unearned confidence leading to stupid crashes. But great short videos!
- I think it’s going to lead to e-braking soon. You’ll have to have e-braking ABS or you’ll DIE!! That’ll be the marketing. And the bike will be more complex. Harder to work on. More expensive. And the off shore companies that sell it cheap will
make it very dangerous.
it’ll be funny though when the early adopters find out that the lawyers require the brakes to lock the wheel if the battery is dead. That’s how we’re doing it in the automotive world with electric brake boost and electro mechanical brakes.

where I would use disc brakes
​​​​​​- a tandem maybe. Especially if I lived in the mountains. I guess they still use drum brakes and drag brakes.
- If I had the self discipline to limit myself to one bike, and I wanted to run radically different wheel sizes. Like day a Jones Bike.
- If I was a frequent foul weather commuter.