Originally Posted by
davei1980
I love outside the box thinking but sometimes I think builders like Grant Peterson are maybe just being a little too cute in their designs? Like no disc brakes because they don't look cool. Wow. Way to make a stand. That's just one example of resisting some of the newer developments that make bikes better/safer (no brake caliper = ability to run wider tires, very cool think in Urban/Gravel environments alike, not trying to open a debate about brakes but there's no denying it allows a wider range of tire and wheel sizes
You just kinda get that with Grant. Eschewing taste can help you avoid fads- like when his mountain bikes came out of the box with round cranks and no silly early MTB fads like raised stays or chainstay U-brakes- but it also made them decide that putting an awful suspension stem on their high end bike because nobody really needs a suspension fork was a good idea.