Why? What’s up?
This is why I’ve avoided disc brakes and internal routing 
But, no Pro Teams on rim brakes now, so it’ll be obsolete in a decade.
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Can anyone remember where your supposed to use lithium grease and where you’re not?
Steel bike only at the moment.
I feel your pain. I’m not criticising you, I’d be equally frustrated with the complexity and tools required to do what should be a relatively straight forward job.
In terms of rim brakes being obsolete, you’re probably right in respect of recreational bikes here and similar countries but I’m not convinced the millions of commuters in China, India etc are going to switch to discs and components will be available for many years to come to maintain existing ones.
I’m not fretting just yet.
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Oh. Yeah 
LOLZ.
I’m not gonna get new Ultegra BR-6800 brakes though, am I? 
When people say “disc brakes are better” I think what they actually mean is “hydraulic brakes are better”. Because I rode with a chap who bought a cheapo bike with cable discs and said they were utterly garbage.
But rim hydraulic brakes eat rims for breakfast 
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FTFY.
Or. Real world and marketing.
Or. Good enough and best of breed.
Or. Arse and elbow.
There are some funny memes though.
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Every once in a while I think about getting a new summer bike but then I read a thread like this and think, nah, I’m good with my rim brakes.
My winter/commuting bike has hydraulic disc brakes and it’s given me nothing but trouble.
Sure it brakes more sharply but now that I have moved back to alloy rims, that’s not really a problem.
I suspect it’s shoddy Shimano kit because one caliper got replaced under warranty and I got another changed to a more expensive Hope design when it failed. Have had to change both shifters recently so pretty much all the hydraulics are new.
Maybe a new bike will have better components but it takes me 30 minutes to change rim brake pads about once a year and costs <£20.
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I am lucky enough to have a ‘stable’ of bikes with a variety of stopping systems…and despite the tears of frustration with discs, my career (such as it was) is replete with manic descents on crazy, wet, potholed roads with foot down turns at the bottom and wet pads failing miserably to grip Zipp 808 rims…
So, discs for me for those moments alone…
Ashbourne Duathlon anyone???
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It really is horses for courses, get what suits you. No wrong answers.
If you’re the kind of person who looks out into the lightning, ice storm and driving rain and says “I’m setting a PB on my K2 descent today” youre probably better of with disc brakes and life insurance. Probably won’t save you though.
If you’re a defensive urban rider pottering to work or the shops I seriously doubt it moves the risk needle as much as being a defensive rider does. It’s definitely worth regularly maintaining them in winter wetness, clean the rims and the pads once a week if you commute a lot in wet weather. Only think I needed to do this twice last winter.
At the same time I’m not refusing to use disc if it’s there on the new bike I’m getting. A bettter choice for muddy off road for sure.
Given how little we use brakes in triathlon I can’t see value in upgrading the tri bike except to make it compatible with a new wheelset.
What else is there? Group rides? Does anyone crit race in the uk?
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I know we’ve been down this particular rabbit hole before, but this is the key point to me.
I’m convinced discs (on road bikes) only came about as a result of carbon rims. There was no talk or need prior to that as rim brakes were perfectly adequate (except for niche cases like tandems, cargo bikes etc).
Then carbon rims came along, the braking was terrifying in the wet and a need suddenly arose for discs. I’ve got a couple of sets of deep rims, 3 spokes and a disc but all have aluminium brake tracks and I’ve never felt the need for anything else.
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Another major driver is manufacturing cost, I haven’t seen numbers but disc wheels and cheaper to make at scale.
Personally I think it’s the only driver, and I dislike disingenuous marketing. I’d rather they say this is good for cyclists/cycling because it makes bikes easier to make than a don’t-you-care-about-safety pitch. Same with hookless rims, it’s economising the industry. No direct benefit to the user.
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Tim Don’s descent 
That was insane.
Is that road still horrifically pot-holed?
Bloody loved that race.
Great points @Joex, too.
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Just p155ed all the brake fluid out front brake.
Did not need that this week 
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almost certainly…
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Was preparing my bike to finally go for a ride tomorrow morning. Mrs GB has been using it the last few weeks with flat pedals.
Just spotted this. What do you reckon the chances are of it lasting 50-70km or so?! 
Otherwise that’s my ride out the window as I can’t get a new tyre by the morning.
I wouldn’t be going very far or fast on that
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So do I carry on getting fat and lazy? Or REALLY bite the bullet and put a rear wheel on the tt bike and take that out?
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Isn’t there a big expanse of water somewhere nearby?
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How very dare you 
Is running still a problem? I think I’d get the TT bike sorted.
We await another post in 30 minutes saying the chain has seized with energy drink from Wales
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Tt bike has been on the turbo all winter. So that’s working fine.
Unfortunately achilles was sore and inflamed today just trotting down the road with the kiddo as we were running late
Haven’t ran on it for 10 days and had a VERY sedate week at work. So if that’s not going to help then some more intervention is required I’m guessing
So bloody annoying as it’s lush weather for running right now.
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