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>>2065818
use hydraulic disc brakes. they work much better than pincher style rim brakes.

Road bikes have been more than good enough since the late 90s

MTB is where any sort of innovation has been made

What's next? Uhh full suspension road bikes
2.1" knobby tires on road bikes
Dropper seat posts on road bikes
Flat bars on road bikes

Nah bikes are fine and have been more than good enough for ages

It's the road, infrastructure, and a work life balance to actually be able to travel and use transportation more often and more easily

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>>2065872
>use hydraulic disc brakes. they work much better than pincher style rim brakes.
Dual pivot calipers were already technically perfect, as we're 1" steerer tubes. Road bikes have been engineered into homercar abominations of road and mtb tech.

It's sad to see and if you're pretty close attention it's a clear indictment of human character - both the evil of the merchants and the malleability of the consumer. Horrifying

>>2066379
maybe I'd rather have brakes that can be used from the hoods without having the grip strength and hand size of a male silverback gorilla

>>2066391
But at least you get those sweet disabilty checks

>>2066391
soibot my strength is waning

>>2066379
Rim brakes of any kind are inferior to discs because rims pick up more water and road depots, and due to the fact they’re a solid flat surface, don’t shed that material during braking, reducing initial braking performance and fouling the pads much more quickly.

The world of motorsport figured this out over a century ago, before they figured out helmets prevent head injuries, it’s incredibly obvious to anyone with any spatial reasoning ability.

Hydraulically-actuated slotted disc brakes are more powerful, more easily modulated, more easily cooled, and more reliable, than any rim brakes.

I've never in my life had problems w rim breaks when conditions are wet but I'm not a faggot driving two states away to a mountain range where I only ever do the descents

>>2065873
TPBP

>>2066701
Being a flatlander must be absolute hell if this is the kind of cope you have to tell yourself, no wonder you guys are so bitter that you spend all this time on internet bike communities telling people that gear ranges and good brakes are useless

>>2065873
I think dropper posts on road bikes are already a thing for certain races