A Prime Directive on Disc Brakes has been issued

[wildboar]

https://www.instagram.com/outsideisfred/

[mattsbeers]

I don't get it.

[Tickdoc]

I was going to get them....then I heard Dario say you don't need them.

[thwart]

Originally Posted by Tickdoc

I was going to get them....then I heard Dario say you don't need them.

I see the resemblance...

[dddd]

Having subscribed to Road bike Action for the past two years, I have been continually nagged by their shameless over-endorsement of disc-braked road bikes.
And now, with Giant having produced a creditably-light disc-only model, albeit at a high price point, they completely ignore the added weight , cost and ride quality implications imposed by discs on just about every other bike out there.
But of course with the UCI minimum weight limit it "doesn't matter", ...right?

Uh, oh well, it's their magazine.

[bigbill]

I like the disc brakes on my gravel bike, it give me options on tire and wheel size plus I can run it through sticky mud and it won't gum up my brakes. For my road bike, I'm a real fatass and have never had any problems bombing descents on a rim brake bike (with alloy rims), ever. If I were to return to the PNW, I'd want a disc brake commuter.

[DRZRM]

+1, my gravel bike will have disc brakes, because I can run huge tires (40 on 700) and switch wheels to run huger tires (47 on 650) and it is the bike I'll grab (titanium) if it is wet out. As far as skinny (well skinnier) tires on a road bike, clinchers work just fine, and I'm a big guy.

[Kirk007]

Again?? Really. In 2018 this is such a non-issue, ride what you like.

For the record:

My Spectrum ti disc road bike weighs roughly 17.5 pounds with 25mm tubulars, this in a ti bike for someone who rides a stock 62 Peg Marcelo ain't bad, and it will take up to 35mm tires or 650b wheels with 38 mm tires. Stopping ability is only one draw of a road disc bike.

NB: This bike hardly makes my Hampsten and Pegoretti old fashioned rim brake bikes irrelevant.

[crankles]

I like what Byrne has to say about them.

https://pelotonmagazine.com/gear/dis...ycle%E2%88%97/

[pdmtong]

Originally Posted by crankles

I like what Byrne has to say about them.

https://pelotonmagazine.com/gear/dis...ycle%E2%88%97/

that was a cogent read ... thanks

[beeatnik]

Fred is my Co-pilot.

[d_douglas]

Dario doesn't wear safety glasses when he welds>? Isn't that bad for the eyes?

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by d_douglas

Dario doesn't wear safety glasses when he welds>?

Didn't even notice that, I was too busy being astonished at the number of frames in his shop! Is he incredibly prolific/productive? ...or does his time-management suck, and some of those frames have been waiting for paint for months?




I'm kidding, that's a beautiful photograph and a fascinating peek into his workshop.

[R3awak3n]

Doesnt Dario also smoke like 10 packs a day? I dont think he carea

[El Chaba]

I think it's a really good idea to tell Dario how to build frames.....yeah....