Thankfully, we have an alphabet containing the letters F and O.
130mm on
Sounds like Warren should find new gates to keep.
RooibosContactHigh on
Rage bait at best. Remember that a lot of writers for specialist magazines have a vested interest in keeping big corpos happy so they continue to get access to products to feature. This was something I saw a lot in guitar mags, the majority of which are just longform ads.
Choice_Student4910 on
Rim brakes work just fine. They’re essentially big disk brakes already.
mtranda on
Sure thing. I’ll go throw out my four perfectly usable rim-brake bikes and go buy new ones.
As for the lighter bike argument vs the new aero bikes, if Pogačar and I swapped bikes, he would still fucking cream me in 10 seconds on my rim brake bike while I puke my guts out on his absolutely top spec ride. So I don’t think it’s the brakes that make the difference.
The “tour winning” bikes are all on a level playing field.
Yes, I also have disc brake bikes. And if I were to build a new bike now, it would absolutely have discs. But that doesn’t suddenly make rims unusable after millions upon millions have ridden billions of kilometres for almost a hundred years now on them.
suallyijustgotobed on
Dork. And I don’t mean that in the usual xbiking complimentary way.
Plasmodium0 on
What publication is this? Cycling UK’s magazine is a pretty reasonable counterpoint to this kind of nonsense.
I’m a disc brake sceptic (even now I own a bike with them) and the only thing that’s made me think “yeah, disc brakes would be better” is my super sandy commute that eats through rims and v-brake pads. Spent 2 days lacing up new rims which feels like a lot vs just swapping rotors. But outside of that, meh. I like to think I’m basically a brake agnostic – if it stops me, it’s good.
realelijahion on
Hot take: Most bikes don’t in fact need motorcycle brakes.
pulparindo1 on
He’s no Sheldon.
nothingfuture on
He’s entitled to his opinion, and I’m entitled to think him a blowhard halfwit. See how that works?
Maaakaaa on
Now I know to blame my non-aero rim brake surfaces for my slowness. Not to mention complete ignorance of my cadence and watts.
azel128 on
He can stop using rim brakes. I’m fine with that.
LostInChoices on
If you overstock brakes the type doesn’t really matter.
joe9teas on
I was a huge canti brakes for touring fan until I got stuck in the Ardennes of Belgium when the rim of my Mavic rear wheel started to split. Worn through by dirty pads and hard braking a loaded bike.
Had to get new rims, this time DTSwiss, couriered from Germany and then find a wheel builder. Luckily there are probably the best builders on the planet hiding out in Ardennes villages. He reused the spokes and perfectly dished the rear.
So I lost a bit of faith
BicyclesRuleTheWorld on
This belongs on bcj.
Over_Reputation_6613 on
That the UK is doing all sorts of things wrong or the wrong way is nothing new!
squidsemensupreme on
Some psychopath is also going to claim that 26” isn’t the superior wheel size…
psyentologists on
This guy seems very boring and annoying.
geographic92 on
Boo this man
Salty-Economy3048 on
I have both, my road bikes have rim brakes , my gravel and MTB have disc . All of them stop just fine.
EfficiencyIcy3407 on
Well my direct mount rim brake road bike
with 32mm clearance says fk this man and his opinions.
Lemki_ on
If this man ever heard the name Grant Petersen, he’d probably have a stroke.
Antpitta on
This only affects you if you care to read that kind of tripe.
RainPlease9 on
Fuck that guy.
Adventurous_Fact8418 on
I ride them both, but likely wouldn’t buy a brand new rim brake bike at this point. For me, the bigger issue with some older rim brake bikes is lack of tire clearance.
26 Comments
Thankfully, we have an alphabet containing the letters F and O.
Sounds like Warren should find new gates to keep.
Rage bait at best. Remember that a lot of writers for specialist magazines have a vested interest in keeping big corpos happy so they continue to get access to products to feature. This was something I saw a lot in guitar mags, the majority of which are just longform ads.
Rim brakes work just fine. They’re essentially big disk brakes already.
Sure thing. I’ll go throw out my four perfectly usable rim-brake bikes and go buy new ones.
As for the lighter bike argument vs the new aero bikes, if Pogačar and I swapped bikes, he would still fucking cream me in 10 seconds on my rim brake bike while I puke my guts out on his absolutely top spec ride. So I don’t think it’s the brakes that make the difference.
The “tour winning” bikes are all on a level playing field.
Yes, I also have disc brake bikes. And if I were to build a new bike now, it would absolutely have discs. But that doesn’t suddenly make rims unusable after millions upon millions have ridden billions of kilometres for almost a hundred years now on them.
Dork. And I don’t mean that in the usual xbiking complimentary way.
What publication is this? Cycling UK’s magazine is a pretty reasonable counterpoint to this kind of nonsense.
I’m a disc brake sceptic (even now I own a bike with them) and the only thing that’s made me think “yeah, disc brakes would be better” is my super sandy commute that eats through rims and v-brake pads. Spent 2 days lacing up new rims which feels like a lot vs just swapping rotors. But outside of that, meh. I like to think I’m basically a brake agnostic – if it stops me, it’s good.
Hot take: Most bikes don’t in fact need motorcycle brakes.
He’s no Sheldon.
He’s entitled to his opinion, and I’m entitled to think him a blowhard halfwit. See how that works?
Now I know to blame my non-aero rim brake surfaces for my slowness. Not to mention complete ignorance of my cadence and watts.
He can stop using rim brakes. I’m fine with that.
If you overstock brakes the type doesn’t really matter.
I was a huge canti brakes for touring fan until I got stuck in the Ardennes of Belgium when the rim of my Mavic rear wheel started to split. Worn through by dirty pads and hard braking a loaded bike.
Had to get new rims, this time DTSwiss, couriered from Germany and then find a wheel builder. Luckily there are probably the best builders on the planet hiding out in Ardennes villages. He reused the spokes and perfectly dished the rear.
So I lost a bit of faith
This belongs on bcj.
That the UK is doing all sorts of things wrong or the wrong way is nothing new!
Some psychopath is also going to claim that 26” isn’t the superior wheel size…
This guy seems very boring and annoying.
Boo this man
I have both, my road bikes have rim brakes , my gravel and MTB have disc . All of them stop just fine.
Well my direct mount rim brake road bike
with 32mm clearance says fk this man and his opinions.
If this man ever heard the name Grant Petersen, he’d probably have a stroke.
This only affects you if you care to read that kind of tripe.
Fuck that guy.
I ride them both, but likely wouldn’t buy a brand new rim brake bike at this point. For me, the bigger issue with some older rim brake bikes is lack of tire clearance.
Being able to fix your own brakes? Priceless.