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Originally Posted by fa63
- I ride in the wet and mud (gravel) frequently and brake pad contamination is not as big an issue as he made it out to be. On the other hand, I have done rides in the wet on rim brakes and carbon wheels and damaged the brake track because some grit got stuck in the brake pads and did a number on the rims.
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The contamination thing must come from some dandies that think their brakes should look, sound, and feel like they do from the showroom floor. Cars also largely use disc brakes so try to think of the pad contamination that occurs there... hmmmm....
Pad scrubbing is a thing. Each type of brake system comes with its positives and negatives, and from where I stand you can learn to be just as good with either system (on the road). Rim brakes have way better modulation and give you the ability to confidently scrub speed, where discs aren't treating a structural component as a wear item. Pros/cons.