Funny - to me, the abilty to swap wheel sizes has ALWAYS been the best selling point of disk brakes, but that might be because im primarily a mountain biker. That said, i admittedly swap less than i could, if even at all. I prefer my fat 26" front wheel to the 29er front wheel so much in general, that im willing to live with the few disadvantages the rest of the time. On the other hand, im planning to get a second set of 27x3 wheels for my wife's snow bike (to replace the 26 x 4.8) for summer use, which will essentially allow it to serve as the "regular" mountain bike that she doesn't otherwise have at the moment.
The real selling point for disk brakes now though, is rim availability. There's just not enough available in the widths i prefer, and i worry about there being even less in the future. Not unlike the concession to finally use 700c wheels on the all rounder, i wonder if Riv will eventually be forced to use disks on their more off-roady models. Not saying i prefer disks (i don't ), or that i think that's why there are so many used bikes for sale. ( i dont... However i DO think that a common desire for the ability fit wider tires and rims might have something to do with it.) -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
