Originally Posted by
Germanrazor
Okay.....call me old and out of touch. I would probably agree to a point. But when I look at new bikes online the push seems to be either pure road bikes migrating to disc brakes (hydraulic or mechanical) as the almost only option. I still love my caliper brakes due to simple simplicity.
So the dinosaur I seem to be, do you feel the eventual path is to certainly extinct the caliper concept?
I have disc on one bike and rim on the other. To me, disc brakes are far superior. Changing out the pads is simple. Hydraulics are a bit more complex but if you have basic skill no big deal and rarely needed. Plus I have room to put on wider tires for gravel if so inclined. So rim brakes are destined to become rarer in new bikes IMO.