Originally Posted by
Sy Reene
Maybe or maybe not. I think it depends on what's meant by average. Probably the average bike buyer is getting something like
THIS BIKE. At price points such as these, is the consumer better off with the disc brakes or would they have been better off for the same dollars spent on a decent quality pair of rim brakes?
Possibly, I was really talking about the typical enthusiast rider level. The sort of guy who would be buying 105 level or above components.