Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
Where are all these people? I know a lot of people that switched to disc brakes when it was time for a bike upgrade, but I don't know anyone that has swapped out a bike solely for the purpose of getting disc brakes. Has anyone in this thread done it?
I changed my gravel frame from canti to disc because I wanted to have disc brakes.
Admittedly, I wanted to try out a tapered carbon fork too, but that now comes with disc brakes as basically a necessary bundle for any gravel frames.
Anyways, yeah I swapped out a bike to get disc brakes.
The result- after over 3 years of riding it...meh, they are fine. Not revolutionary and not bad. I stopped fine on my other brakes and I stop fine with these brakes. I like the hood shape of my current brake levers more and that is honestly the best part about the switch. The rear disc squeal that comes and goes is the lamest part about the switch.
I certainly dont regret the switch, to be clear.