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09-25-2023, 02:28 PM
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My gravel bike has hydraulic disc brakes and I like it a lot. If/when I buy a new road frame, I am sure it will be disc brake based on just the reality of options.
I wish I rode my road bikes hard enough and fast enough, through challenging enough terrain for me to feel like disc brakes would be best. Instead, here I sit, knowing the bikes below are more bike than I even really need. This has been my main road bike for years now- built in a winter frame class I took almost 6 years ago. Clearance for 35mm tires, but 32 sit on there. 2x11 drivetrain with TRP957 midreach brake calipers.  I tore the orange bike apart this past spring to fully clean it inside out and its been hanging on a hook in my basement ever since. Mix of lazy and too busy with so many other things. My main road bike this season has been a Cannondale CAAD3 that I repainted, added a carbon fork, and put a 2x11 drivetrain on. The frame size just barely works, but the ride is ton of fun so I keep delaying on the orange frame rebuild.  
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09-25-2023, 04:12 PM
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I currently own two disc brake bikes (a fatbike and XC) and I have really tried hard to like them. I just don't. I think they are fickle to set up, they groan or squeal with the slightest of contamination on the discs and are a pain to bleed. I don't have any room in my life for them on my road bikes. I'll keep my rim brakes indefinitely even if that means I'm only buying old bikes (like I don't already anyway).
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09-25-2023, 04:21 PM
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I've got mine... Only bike where I haven't changed any parts since building it back in 2017. Would like to add a Pronto to the fleet along with it, but we'll see how that turns out.
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09-25-2023, 04:44 PM
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Last edited by cbraden; 09-25-2023 at 04:49 PM. Reason: Because I failed at linking a pic...
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09-25-2023, 05:32 PM
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Felt F1PR, hi-mod carbon, medium-reach rim brakes, fits 32's. On a rare cloudy/story day in the Los Padres, north of Santa Barbara.
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09-25-2023, 05:44 PM
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I've stayed with rim brake on the road, though I have disc brakes on my gravel bike. I've got 3 of my rides that come to mind. Two are gone, but the Kirk is still here.
Time VXR ProTeam  IMG_1904Serotta Pronto  IMG_1918 Kirk Onesto  Untitled
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09-25-2023, 05:49 PM
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disc brakes are wholly unnecessary.
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09-25-2023, 06:31 PM
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Frame pump for bonus points.
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09-25-2023, 06:57 PM
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I figured I'd ride off into the sunset on my 2006 Serotta Legend Ti but last October it developed a crack in the driveside chainstay and was essentially totaled. I'm quite pleased with my new ride and really digging the retro look of rim brakes on a state-of-the-art bike.
Kevin g  TIME ADH 01 by Kevin Gilmore, on Flickr  TIME ADH 01 by Kevin Gilmore, on Flickr
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09-25-2023, 07:03 PM
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I totally think a CX with not too too much BB drop and Cantis, especially with the best brakes is top notch gravel machine. And this one is beauteous to my eye.
Seeing it made me post my Tomii Stampede CX.  I guess these two are more similar than different in many ways.Quote:
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09-26-2023, 10:06 AM
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All three of these are perfect. That Time especially, my goodness.
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