rim brakes?
08-27-23, 12:09 PM
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rim brakes?
I guess another manufacturer has fallen to inexorable tide that is disc brakes. I guess I should have picked up that CF SL 8 when I had the chance.
https://www.canyon.com/en-us/road-bikes/rim-brake/
Does anyone make a decent rim brake bike any more?
Otherwise nothing to see here; just grumbling.
https://www.canyon.com/en-us/road-bikes/rim-brake/
Does anyone make a decent rim brake bike any more?
Otherwise nothing to see here; just grumbling.
08-27-23, 01:00 PM
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Yes, there are, for example Bianchi Aria, Basso Diamante, Specialized Allez, Wilier GTR Team, and Merida Scultura. I’m sure there are lots of others, too, particularly if you include custom-made frames like Crumpton or Sarto.
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08-27-23, 10:13 PM
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08-28-23, 01:02 AM
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Didn’t Specialized switch the Allez to disc for the 2023 models?
I heard that was all of the variants, and has a sad from it.
I heard that was all of the variants, and has a sad from it.
08-28-23, 05:06 AM
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https://www.specialized.com/us/en/sh.../allez/c/allez
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It is tough for the larger manufacturers to keep rim-brake models in their lineups unless they are selling well enough. Custom options for sure but if you like a rim-brake model, buy one soon. There is no telling how many will fall each year.
08-29-23, 04:57 AM
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Both Winspace road models, the aero T1550 and lightweight SLC 2.0, are available in either rim or disc frameset variants
08-31-23, 12:58 PM
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In the case of Trek and Specialized, the disc versions are just $100 more on MSRP than the otherwise identical rim brake versions - and these bikes are all currently being sold at discounted prices, so there's a very good chance an LBS will sell the disc version for the same price as the rim brake version.
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Do people here really still buy bikes already built up? Like, bikes from a factory?
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09-01-23, 05:56 AM
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I'd like to add that Ritchey still makes the Road Logic in a rim brake option.
Ritchey Road Logic Frameset / Steel Road Bike (ritcheylogic.com)
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09-01-23, 07:12 AM
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BikeForum posters are probably a very small subset of the folks that ride bikes. We spend much of our free time riding bikes, and when not doing that, we are reading about bikes, thinking about bikes and working on bikes. At least, I do.
Most people, I would think, go their local shop (or department store) with a budget in mind and just go from their. After sticker shock.
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Yeah, I guess. Personally, I haven't bought a bike "off the rack" since 1984. If I wanted a particular feature that wasn't widely available, I would just build it myself.
People buying off the rack today probably don't care much what type of brake is on the bike--and if they did, they would probably prefer disc brakes.
People buying off the rack today probably don't care much what type of brake is on the bike--and if they did, they would probably prefer disc brakes.
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If you want particular things, you buy a frame/fork and build your own bike. That way you get exactly what you want and don't have boxes of parts taken off a nearly new bicycle. The way we used to do it.
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Even here, the overwhelming majority clearly buys bikes fully built. That is easy to see based on pictures.
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Like I said, I haven't bought a bike for myself off the shelf since 1984. But if buying a bike off the shelf works for you, then have at it.
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No...I just figured most folks on a forum such as this would get stuff built the way they prefer. I suppose if you find an off-the-shelf bike with everything you want, you would go that route.
Like I said, I haven't bought a bike for myself off the shelf since 1984. But if buying a bike off the shelf works for you, then have at it.
Like I said, I haven't bought a bike for myself off the shelf since 1984. But if buying a bike off the shelf works for you, then have at it.
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Do you care where it is manufactured?
Worldwide = many hundreds.
40 in Portland OR alone.
Bikes made in Portland, Oregon
I would hate to think how many in California. Italy. Japan. Taiwan. Mainland China. EU/UK, Down Under. You can buy bamboo bikes sourced from Africa with aluminum rim brakes, no carbon wheels offered...
Open one's eyes to the BIG cycling Universe.
Worldwide = many hundreds.
40 in Portland OR alone.
Bikes made in Portland, Oregon
I would hate to think how many in California. Italy. Japan. Taiwan. Mainland China. EU/UK, Down Under. You can buy bamboo bikes sourced from Africa with aluminum rim brakes, no carbon wheels offered...
Open one's eyes to the BIG cycling Universe.
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TCR Advanced 2 Pro Compact (2022) | bike | Giant Bicycles US (giant-bicycles.com)
first company I checked. Reality Check time.
Carbon, 105, on sale = $2250.
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