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Originally Posted by eBAUMANN
What would you say are the "kinks" that exist for road disc that dont/didnt for mtb/cx?
Besides the industry-standard kink of having too many damn "standards"... I cant really see them evolving all that far from the current DA/eTap flat-mount forms.
T-A's were ironed out long before they came to CX (let alone road) bikes...then they were unnecessarily f*cked with in the name of "innovation" because the industry has to find a way to make a buck...
T-A are great. QR's work fine, yes, but T-A are just a bit fine-er.
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The key issue with road disc is the tight tolerances at the pad/disc and lack of adjustability (or crude forms of adjustability) which results in “pinging” - or brake pad hitting warped disc syndrome.
On MTB and cx there’s so much going on that it’s not noticeable or a big deal.
On the road it’s more significant and annoying.
It doesn’t happen on all disc bikes but it does happen. Enough for a pal in the biz to comment that it’s the new press fit BB; he has some fun explaining to customers who’ve just lashed $10k on the latest and greatest that their pads are hitting the rotor and “that’s just how it is”.