Disc brakes are a mature product. Paul Klampers and Avid BB7s are bulletproof and require far less fiddling than rim brakes. As Eric said, Shimano hydros are trouble free. SRAM hydros belong in the garbage in my experience, but let's not talk about that. Disc brakes keep your braking surface and pads further out of the muck. Bent rotors are rare, but if it happens, you bolt on a new one. You can take it off if it happens way out in the boonies in order to get home. Best thing in my opinion is that discs separate tire holding and braking duties. Your rim brakes are wearing out the part that holds the tire on. Makes no sense. On the flip side, if you dent a disc brake wheel rim, or your wheel goes out of true, your brakes are unaffected.
If you're riding on paved or unpaved roads, rim brakes are fine. Gnarly east coast trails? Give me discs please. Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
