Now that wider tires on road bikes are the default and you can barely even find a rim brake bike for sale anymore (other than at the antique store), how long before Big Cycling realizes there's no more upgrades to sell and if they want to continue selling bikes now they have to promote thin, high pressure tires and turn of the century frames as an improvement (complete with convincing-looking data presented by convincing-sounding "engineers")
2 more weeks
>>2065818use hydraulic disc brakes. they work much better than pincher style rim brakes.
Road bikes have been more than good enough since the late 90s MTB is where any sort of innovation has been madeWhat's next? Uhh full suspension road bikes2.1" knobby tires on road bikes Dropper seat posts on road bikesFlat bars on road bikesNah bikes are fine and have been more than good enough for ages It's the road, infrastructure, and a work life balance to actually be able to travel and use transportation more often and more easily
>>2065872>use hydraulic disc brakes. they work much better than pincher style rim brakes.Dual pivot calipers were already technically perfect, as we're 1" steerer tubes. Road bikes have been engineered into homercar abominations of road and mtb tech. It's sad to see and if you're pretty close attention it's a clear indictment of human character - both the evil of the merchants and the malleability of the consumer. Horrifying
>>2066379maybe I'd rather have brakes that can be used from the hoods without having the grip strength and hand size of a male silverback gorilla
>>2066391But at least you get those sweet disabilty checks
>>2066391soibot my strength is waning
>>2066379Rim brakes of any kind are inferior to discs because rims pick up more water and road depots, and due to the fact they’re a solid flat surface, don’t shed that material during braking, reducing initial braking performance and fouling the pads much more quickly.The world of motorsport figured this out over a century ago, before they figured out helmets prevent head injuries, it’s incredibly obvious to anyone with any spatial reasoning ability.Hydraulically-actuated slotted disc brakes are more powerful, more easily modulated, more easily cooled, and more reliable, than any rim brakes.
I've never in my life had problems w rim breaks when conditions are wet but I'm not a faggot driving two states away to a mountain range where I only ever do the descents
>>2065873TPBP
>>2066701Being a flatlander must be absolute hell if this is the kind of cope you have to tell yourself, no wonder you guys are so bitter that you spend all this time on internet bike communities telling people that gear ranges and good brakes are useless
>>2065873I think dropper posts on road bikes are already a thing for certain races
