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Any good examples of disc brakes helping a rider to win yet?

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  • July 13, 2018 at 11:34 am #28719
    Stef Marazzi

    Hi all,

    Now disc brakes are allowed in the pro-peloton, have there been any good examples of where a disc-braked rider has managed to out brake his closest competitors on rim-brakes and create a decent lead for themselves?

    Just wondering, as I was expecting to see some being boasted about, or shown on TV, but havent seen anything.

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  • July 15, 2018 at 12:23 am #923389
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    Paul7189

    No but they look better and

    No but they look better and perform better in every way 😉

     

    I cant believe the levels of hatred from moaning old codgers stuck in their ways, afraid of change! It’s the future, even if it comes from the past and it’s just taking this long to get through. Should of been introduced years ago. More important question is can anyone say they would of saved peoples lives or reduced injuries if they were accepted when they were for mountain biking?

    July 14, 2018 at 11:26 am #923387
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    madcarew

    Any examples of rim brakes
    Any examples of rim brakes adding caution to a riders effort that has been shown to have won them the race (etc, etc)

    July 13, 2018 at 9:10 pm #923385
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    leqin

    There seems to be a echo in

    There seems to be a echo in here.

    July 13, 2018 at 8:30 pm #923383
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    Canyon48

    Peter Kennaugh was being

    Peter Kennaugh was being interviewed during the commentary of one of the TdF stages the other day, he said he was dubious of disc brakes at first but having switched to them said they make a very noticeable difference in how late you can brake for corners.

    They aren’t going to make you win though.

    July 13, 2018 at 8:30 pm #923381
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    Canyon48

    Peter Kennaugh was being

    Peter Kennaugh was being interviewed during the commentary of one of the TdF stages the other day, he said he was dubious of disc brakes at first but having switched to them said they make a very noticeable difference in how late you can brake for corners.

    They aren’t going to make you win though.

    July 13, 2018 at 8:22 pm #923379
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    Mungecrundle

    They are just a different way
    They are just a different way of stopping. They have some advantages but I’m not sure that any performance differences are going to be huge at the top level of racing. One thing you can be sure of is that regardless of how much the sponsors push disc models on pro teams, they won’t last long if they make riders uncompetitive.

    July 13, 2018 at 8:22 pm #923377
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    Mungecrundle

    They are just a different way
    They are just a different way of stopping. They have some advantages but I’m not sure that any performance differences are going to be huge at the top level of racing. One thing you can be sure of is that regardless of how much the sponsors push disc models on pro teams, they won’t last long if they make riders uncompetitive.

    July 13, 2018 at 8:02 pm #923375
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    CXR94Di2

    It’s more subtle than that,
    It’s more subtle than that, there could be a variety of incidents where discs brakes have helped. Maybe stopped rider from crashing into other riders

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