Can aluminium rim brakes ever be as good as disc brakes in the wet?

part_robot · 2016-12-14T23:51:25+00:00

Apart from the maintenance overhead I've found disc brakes to be great - especially when it's raining. However, I'm toying with getting a lighter and sportier bike with rim brakes (aluminium rims... carbon clinchers make little sense to me) and am wondering if I'll miss that wet weather performance. What do you think? How close can rim brake performance get to disc brakes?

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December 14, 2016 at 11:51 pm #26574

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Apart from the maintenance overhead I’ve found disc brakes to be great – especially when it’s raining. However, I’m toying with getting a lighter and sportier bike with rim brakes (aluminium rims… carbon clinchers make little sense to me) and am wondering if I’ll miss that wet weather performance.

What do you think? How close can rim brake performance get to disc brakes?
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December 15, 2016 at 6:52 am #883337
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To answer your heading, NO

To answer your heading, NO

YES, you will miss the benefits of disc brakes in the wet

Buy some cheap carbon aero disc brake wheels, these will make you go just as fast as saving a few grams in frame/component weight
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