mstateglfr 

Gravel bikes. Touring bikes.

both of mine have cantis, but the touring bike frame was made almost 39 years ago.
I chose canti for gravel as i liked the frame. Haven't wished for disc yet after a few years and countless hills of loose gravel and dirt.
Perhaps I am too slow down gravel hils to feel the need for the confident braking of disc brakrs.
or perhaps the need is overblown and canti brake reliably and predicatbly stop my 230# so they would do the same for everyone weighing less too.

prj71

Rim bikes are on the way out and will only be found on department store bikes in the near future.

https://www.bikeradar.com/us/road/ge...g-point-51685/

https://www.mantel.com/blog/en/road-bike-disc-brakes/

MyTi

Don't upgrade to good hydraulic disc brakes, that way you won't know what you are missing out on. I can definitely say that you would throw those cantilever brakes in the garbage bin after riding on some good hydraulic disc brakes.

Harumph

Funny, I saw many team bikes on the Tour De France this year with disc brakes. I just bought my first bike with disk brakes and love them, especially when caught in the rain. Unlike rim brakes you can actually stop when the rims get wet.

indyfabz

I+1. I have rim brakes and cannot stop in wet conditions. Fortunately, I star in my own personal version of the film "Groundhog Day" so it doesn't matter that I die each time when I ride my rim brake bike in wet conditions. The next morning I wake up and am alive all over again.

mstateglfr 

for sure totally agree.

You can't miss what you dont know.
its a great way to live when it comes to a hobby with a never ending consummerism approach to advancement.

Brotisimo

Pro mechanics are practicing with cordless screw guns to cut down the time as well. Reportedly, they've got it pretty squared away.

I could understand the concern of wheel availability with neutral support but, even then, they'll likely be able to hold the sizes needed. Mavic are quite thorough.

Rock71

I have both canti and disc and I really don't make a lick of difference to me. I think if you do commuting and travel through a bunch of traffic areas then disc is the only way to go, but seriously on a road bike I try to maintain speed and hardly use the brakes.

vtje

I have a rim on my bike and hydraulic disc on my wife's bike, which I occasionally ride. The only time I see a major difference in performance is on some very steep and long descents, but even considering I live in a very hilly area, there are just a few of those here. On the other hand, disc brake installation and maintenance requires WAY more time and effort. On my rim brakes, in 10 years I had to replace cables once and still on the original pads. On my wife's bike, I had rear contaminated and already had to replace rear pads after about 6 months of riding.

WhyFi

Replacing pads on a disc bike takes a small screwdriver, a tire lever and 5 minutes, tops. Maintenance on discs is way overblown - I think that it's less of a hassle than rim brakes.

If you got 10 years on your rim brake pads and cables, well, there's something unusual going on there.

cthenn

The 2019 Trek Madone SLR, ie- Trek's flagship bike, is offered in both rim and disc brakes. And the rim version is very snazzy with the calipers tucked away inside the front fork. So they obviously put a lot of thought into the rim version. In fact, they've said they know many of their customers still want rim brakes, so at least Trek isn't feeding into the hype that disc is the end all, be all.

MoAlpha

noodle soup

my resin pads are silent unless it’s raining.

MoAlpha

noodle soup

the metallic pads are longer wearing, but can be noisy.

If you aren’t regularly charging long downhills, resin pads might be a better choice.

MoAlpha

noodle soup

it’s a cheap upgrade, and a huge improvement.

https://www.jensonusa.com/Shimano-F0...isc-Brake-Pads

colnago62

hsuehhwa

High end climbing bikes --> rim brake
High end aero bikes --> disk brake

SSRI

thats funny!
lets not bring in transitional media / electronics into this.
HDDVDs, VCD, DivX......

Pilot321

I am riding a 31 year old Cannondale with down tube shifters, rim brakes and a six speed freewheel. It still works somehow.

roadwarrior

Talking to wrenches who worked the Tour...where the visibility was high...teams were redesigning their bike racks on the tops of the team cars. Why? Because it is faster to replace a whole bike than to change a wheel with a disc brake.

This won't apply to the rank and file like the riders here. But most of us say disc brakes do not belong on road bikes.

BTW...we did laugh at the squealing of the disc brakes on descents in mountain stages. eeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

Now...in bikeforums fashion people with disc brakes will raise their fists in anger and tell us that they are better. As a guy who spent time in Europe racing, in the rain and snow, we never failed to get our bikes stopped.

noodle soup

Just this morning disc brakes likely saved me from a wreck.

Riding about 18mph on a MUP, and the end of a tunnel was blocked by a 6” thick mudslide. I was able to stop in time, but the guy behind me(by about 20’) could not. He went ass over teakettle, and landed in the mud.

WhyFi

What needs to be resolved re: rim vs disc? If you think that discs would be beneficial to your riding, buy them. If not, don't. The TdF is neither here nor there. The only practical concern is parts availability moving forward and I don't think that that's going to be an issue either way.

Electronic shifting is not in its infancy. Di2 is closing in on 10 years old and we're in what - the 3rd or 4th generation? Yeah, not exactly early adopter territory.

jamesdak 

?? How have I survived biking outside year round all these years? Even in the tough northern Utah winters.

People just crack me up sometimes.