Hydraulic discs ARE indeed a game-changer for mountain biking. Lots of advantages to discs and really very few limitations. Locating your brakes at the center of the wheel may be technically less efficient than a brake pad on a rim, but it isolates your brakes away from any ground hazards and surface grime and muck that typically affect the rims (especially in wet and icy conditions). Also discs won't heat up your rim/tire, they're independent of the rim (so even when your rim gets whacked somewhere out in the gnar and is way out of true... your disc brakes should still remain true. As far as reliability I fuss FAR less with my hydraulic discs than any of my rim brakes. They have been super reliable for me. And disc brakes are being proven on a growing number of touring/road bikes like the Surly Long Haul Trucker.
I like all kinds of brakes, but I love discs. You don't have to like em, and rim brakes will likely stick around for awhile. But disc brakes have proven their worth. I'll never give up mine. BB -- 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.
