Originally Posted by
kingston
That's pretty much my point. There are no rim brake bikes available in that price range anymore. Their minds have been made for them.
There were no disc brakes available when I was buying all my bikes. It must have been those dastardly bike marketing companies who made my mind up for me. When I bought a couple of sub-$/€1k road bikes in the 00’s, they all came with triple cranks. Stupid bike marketing companies forcing me to have more gears than I wanted/needed. Now with the same bikes, I’m forced to have a compact!