Disc Brakes: The Biggest Marketing Gimmick On 2 Wheels? (The Ultimate Rim Vs Disc Comparison.)

Time Stamps

0:00 Intro.
1:13 Price.
2:44 On costs.
8:33 Weight.
10:03 Looks.
11:33 Aerodynamics.
14:29 Maintenance. 
20:08 Convenience.
23:22 Frame design.
27:27 Sound.
27:42 Braking Dry and Wet. 
44:32 Safety.
48:20 End.

⚠️ Things that were cut from the video to save time:

1️⃣ I mentioned the old rim brake bikes could only take small tyres. (23-25mm) People complain that they want to fit fatter tyres to their “road bikes.” Well my answer to that is modern road rim frames can take 28s or even 30mm with no issue. My steel Cinelli nemo for example. If you need biger than that then you don’t need a road bike. You need a gravel bike and then disc brakes would make sense! If you want to go fast you need thinner tyres. (Video to come!)

2️⃣ I forgot to include the clip of pro cyclists on disc brakes sliding all over the road in wet weather. The footage can be found in the Rim vs Disc play list. The fact they had “more braking power” was useless.

3️⃣ A lot of people use the “drum brakes” argument to insinuate that rim brakes are outdated just as drum brakes were on cars. They say things like: “you wouldn’t have drum brakes on your modern, would you?” Not only have I driven modern cars with drum brakes, but if you do your research you will discover electric cars that are faster and heavier than most current cars will be fitted with drum brakes in the future. The issue with drum brakes was never they didn’t have enough stopping power, the issue was control. Now we have electronically controlled breaks. Its the same issues with disc, disc isn’t safer without ABS and electronic safety measures. 

Thank you for watching my video.

I will have a disc vs rim playlist available on my page for all the YouTube videos i clipped.

"I'll give you my rim brakes when you pry them from my cold, dead hands.”

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