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Ste_S in reply to @andyp

What form do you suggest they take? There's absolutely nothing wrong with them in their current form and the safety concerns are easily addressed by making disc covers mandatory.

Current form is without covers. Do covers make wheel swaps more difficult ?

Wait until a rider wins a stage of a race due to being able to descend faster in the wet because he has disc brakes, then you'll see more pros making the choice.

I always thought the limiting factor on descending was tyres and getting the line right rather than brakes ?

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edscoble in reply to @Ste_S

I always thought the limiting factor on descending was tyres and getting the line right rather than brakes ?

Kinda, with mechanical rims brakes, the limitation is the brakes, whether with disc brakes, the limitation now lie in the tyres.

The pro however are a little different to us mere mortal whom excel at descending in the wet to the point of barely using brake, or the appearance of that.

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