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"Slice" uh oh, this might trigger the anti-disc crowd because, as we all know, only serial killers use disc brakes and they're the most dangerous thing to ever happen to cycling.
"I do so much braking on my TT bike I definitely need discs", said no-one ever.
I've just bought aero wheels to fit all my road fairing bikes, all have disc brakes. 2 pairs for less than £1k. One pair comes in 60mm tubular rim, sapin spokes and DT Swiss 350 straight pull hubs
Discs on a tt bike, marketing mans dream, buy another bike!!! Go on you know you don't need it but why not it's so 2017!
/facepalm
Is this not like saying 'apart from the weight, why not?' on a climber's bike?
I don't like discs on road bikes (obviously a luddite then!) but regardless of that, have to ask Why? for a TT bike
Does it allow more aero wheels? or would it have prevented something like the catastrophic wheel failure one of the Sky riders suffered in the Milan-San Remo team time trial?
Superslice disc? The luddites are going to have a field day with this!
No problem with discs in TT. If the rider wants the extra weight and aerodynamic penalties.
All the new crazy "non-uci legal" Triathlon bikes launched at Kona had discs, if the aero penalties were that bad they wouldn't have them on those bikes.
Yes because anyone being handed a free sponsored bike from a manufacturer is going to say "no thanks". The very idea that you are using triathletes to justify bike choices just shows how silly this whole road disc issue is becoming.
A wheel change in a TT might be critical, what with thru-axles. But then all the riders that matter these days routinely have a spare bike. So, apart from aerodynamics, why not?