Originally Posted by operator
I'm going to venture that a good pair of v-brakes or discs will stop better than $350 zero g's. It doesn't really make sense how road bikes still come with inferior stopping power brakes where there are much better alternatives out there (read: the mtb world).
The finish on those brakes do look really snazzy.
I think because the general idea behind "racing" brakes was to control speed as opposed to crushing the rim to come to a full instant stop. Not many MTB type tree-ish obstacles in the middle of your general road race.