You also need to beef up the fork and frame to handle the additional strain put on them by discs. But then you can save weight at the rim, as you don't need a braking track.
Yeah but it's grams not kilograms we're talking about for those changes.
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You also need to beef up the fork and frame to handle the additional strain put on them by discs. But then you can save weight at the rim, as you don't need a braking track.