Originally Posted by
Leinster
the Tektro mechanical disc brakes on my Yuba Mundo are fantastic. That thing weighs a half a ton and stops so hard my kids get thrown forward into my back.
Originally Posted by
Dean V
I have mechanical disc brakes on some of my bikes and they work perfectly well.
I would say they are comparable to a good rim brake set up.
Except they are better than a carbon/rim brake combo in the rain and I do not have to worry about putting heat into the tyre on our tandem.
You guys are making my point for me. Sure there are outlier cases where mechanical disks work better than rim brakes. I'm talking about normal aluminum rim entry level road bikes, not half-ton vehicles or carbon wheel tandems.