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I personally have no use for disc considering the usage of my bike(s)
In the olden days, spokes would break pretty frequently. Modern stainless steels have basically eliminated that.
In the olden days, hub bearing cups would wear out. Cartridge bearings have basically made hubs last a lifetime.
In the olden days, brake wear would destroy rims. If only somebody would come up with a solution to that, we could have wheels which would last almost forever.
gbj_tester-
lolwut? Tester does have a sense of humor ; )
Discs need to go through another 2 generations to be perfected to be used on road bikes (early adopter speak) like the iPhone.
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In the olden days...
I don't wear my parts so much in general. I don't do extraordinary mileage, compared to most people here, and mileage is split between my too many bikes... I love external bearing BBs and think they are great, doesn't make me renounce using old cup style ones on some bikes, without any problem. Some bikes want to use/show the most advanced available technology, current projects show real nice examples here, my bike is another story.
In the olden days, brake wear would destroy rims.
Again I don't disagree. I thought about disc. I had long conversations with MultiGrooves and Charco, advising me to opt for disc.
There's also cons for disc, which shouldn't be denied.
Most importantly, I really like cantis. And I don't remember it being such a massive pain when I was mountain biking (in my little local and amicable club in Normandy, or as a student in the volcanos of Puy De Dome) to replace a cracked rim once in a while.
amey
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Me too!
Don't worry about it, I'm considering, for the future, to have a spare forks with disc. Either carbon, if I can find some that look OK with a steel 1-1/8 headtube, or steel ones...
I personally have no use for disc considering the usage of my bike(s). Last month I visited my cousin in the Swiss Alps. I took his Commencal hybrid-ish bike for a ride in nice forest / rocky pathes, some fairly steep downhill bits. That was the first time in my life I felt that disc were useful. His's were hydraulics in this instance.