Astoria Paranoia wrote:Not to mention all the water bottles you need for such an event.

Speaking of water and events... After about 80km in the rain yesterday I found my rim brakes pretty much useless until I had given them a workout. Glad I wasn't tailing someone with disk brakes.

znomit wrote:

Astoria Paranoia wrote:Not to mention all the water bottles you need for such an event.

Speaking of water and events... After about 80km in the rain yesterday I found my rim brakes pretty much useless until I had given them a workout. Glad I wasn't tailing someone with disk brakes.

Come on now, that kind of attitude will lead to banning freehubs like in the drome.
Don't you want a boost hub for your roadie? Innovation shall be the death of compatibility! Disposable bikes for all!

boost for roadies?

I thought the options were SCS for Specialedz and 12x142 for Trek......

wachtourak wrote:

Dougal wrote:So what does this mean for road wheels? Wider hubs?
What is CX using with discs?

CX is 135mm (or 12x142).
Road disc is still 130mm I think

I'm eyeing up this for February - 142x12 rear
http://www.avantibikes.com/nz/bikes/on- ... orsa-er-1/

As for Taupo, yeah, my rim brakes were beyond hopeless - that was a slower ride because of it, but I still managed to get under the time I was training for

foremannz wrote:

wachtourak wrote:

Dougal wrote:So what does this mean for road wheels? Wider hubs?
What is CX using with discs?

CX is 135mm (or 12x142).
Road disc is still 130mm I think

I'm eyeing up this for February - 142x12 rear
http://www.avantibikes.com/nz/bikes/on- ... orsa-er-1/

As for Taupo, yeah, my rim brakes were beyond hopeless - that was a slower ride because of it, but I still managed to get under the time I was training for

Looks the shizzle

So should we expect to see any/all of the peleton fielding discs in the Tour down Under?

As I understand it, the manufacturer are currently only offering discs on their endurance road models not their out and out race models.

Rik wrote:So should we expect to see any/all of the peleton fielding discs in the Tour down Under?

As I understand it, the manufacturer are currently only offering discs on their endurance road models not their out and out race models.

Thats because "endurance" models are where its at

Off the top of my head I can think of two brands doing "race" bikes with discs, Colnago with the V1-R DIsc and C60 Disc, and Specialized with the Tarmac Disc. I'm sure there are more.