Disc brakes are tough, I wouldn't worry about road-side fixes. Mechanical discs are easy to work with but you need to carry an extra tool (torx). Hydraulic are proven, I don't personally know anyone who has had an issue on the road. Even when they need maintenance and feel spongy, they still have more effortless braking than any rim brake I've felt.
I think it's more likely for you to break a few spokes than to completely kill a brake on a ride, and a wobbly wheel makes the rim brake useless while the disc can keep going. Personally, a full hydraulic brake set up with flat bars is a complete game changer on a dirt bike - it is worth every penny additional cost and worth the trouble of bleeding. On a road bike, less benefits for sure. On a drop bar bike, even less benefits. Still, I just spent a lot of money building a Soma Triple Cross and the TRP Hy/Rds feel fantastic, no regrets there. Admittedly, there is a necessary "beef-up" of the tubing required for disc brakes, and it certainly ruins the clean lines that Rivendell is so great at doing. I don't see Riv going into it in any near future. Also, benefit-per-dollar, a $10 V brake is better than 90% of the brakes in the world haha. -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
