Originally Posted by
Cypress
And I would happily trade 200-300 grams for the braking feel and performance. Not wearing out $2500 carbon wheels with rim brakes is a huge added bonus.
The side benefit for me in the wheel world is that disc brakes have virtually eliminated the customer's obsession with wheel weight. With disc there are so many variables in what the hubs are that weights on the same sets with different setups vary so much that they aren't comparative. Eliminates about a third of the conversation content I used to have to have daily.