Originally Posted by
Atlas Shrugged
Epic levels of fear-mongering with this one. Shimano has announced their latest Ultegra and Dura-Ace will have rim brakes available, same for SRAM as well as Campagnolo. Numerous aftermarket manufactures also make rim brakes currently and for the foreseeable future not to mention NOS supplies which will be available for as long as you will live. As an example, Tubulars are as outdated niche product as any in this sport and are still available as are the rims.
Yes but the semi-wireless (no wires between shifters and derailleurs version) will NOT support rim brakes. I believe you have to bodge previous generation shifters and run fully wired to use rim brakes. And the latest SRAM ETap groupset (Rival) will also only support disc. So the tide is clearly turning.
Sad.