Originally Posted by
52telecaster
disc brakes are only better than my cantilever brakes in deep snow. The average person never rides in the snow. I imagine my cantis get ridden in way worse weather and way more often than most discs.
Where I live it doesn't snow much, but we have long steep hills. Hills that are several miles long with sharp switchbacks, or ones with extended pitches over 15 percent grade. Disc brakes are an advantage, but that's another thread. And riding those 15 percent pitches with discs is just another reason to appreciate them more. I'm talking about hydraulics, not cable actuated.