TexPat said:
They're coming for sure, and it will be interesting to watch their development. What has changed over the last 15years of mtb disc brakes is astounding. I expect the road brakes to follow the path of F1, and embrace the new technology, especially now that I live somewhere that it rains for 8 months out of the year.
You people crack me up. There will never be disc brakes on the road. Here's why (pay attention):
1.) Frame manufacturers will have to add lugs, braze-ons, and all sorts of other junk to the fork.
2.) Forks would have to be substantially reinforced to absorb the extra load, causing their weight to increase, since all the braking energy would be transmitted through it. Currently that braking energy is transmitted into the fork crown, which is far more robust. Weight is key in road racing.
3.) Disc brake components will add weight to the rig in addition to the increased fork weight. That's going in the opposite direction of the high-end bike industry weight trends, which is to reduce weight. The high end is what sells the low and medium end. No pros will use this stuff. Therefore, you'll never see it on retail road bikes.
4.) Braking doesn't win road events. In fact, using your brakes less does. Why make a radical change in something that isn't broke and that doesn't help win races?
You need to stop hanging around those MTB and downhill riff-raff. They will poison your mind with all sorts of zany ideas that come to them when they're high on pot.
The next time you see them, tell them their sport is in the toilet and nobody knows who John Tomac is. And stop smokin' that dope.