Hi, I'm looking to buy a cyclocross bike and one of the options comes with disc brakes. Can anyone advise on the pros & cons of disc brakes on a cross bike? I appreciate the technology comes from MTB and would seem to benefit a cross bike.
But are there any things I need to consider or real disadvantages?
Any advice welcomed......Jason
Has anyone any experience of 'Focus' bikes? as it's either the Focus Mares Cross 2008 or the Focus Cross Disc 2008 that I'm considering - see
Hi, I'm looking to buy a cyclocross bike and one of the options comes with disc brakes. Can anyone advise on the pros & cons of disc brakes on a cross bike? I appreciate the technology comes from MTB and would seem to benefit a cross bike.
But are there any things I need to consider or real disadvantages?
they will be heavier but will give better wet performance and in some forms will give truely awsome stopping ablity.
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Any advice welcomed......Jason
Has anyone any experience of 'Focus' bikes? as it's either the Focus Mares Cross 2008 or the Focus Cross Disc 2008 that I'm considering - see
the BUT is will you need or notice the disks. will you be racing the bike or useing it for well hybrid use? i'd question the need for such brakes on a bike that has no suspention with thin tires one would need to push hard to tell much diffence, at least by the stopwatch. but if is was my money i'd get the disks as i love their wet performace.
Hi Roger...thanks for the reply & advice. I recognise your name from ucsm (I'm a bit of a lurker, with the odd post - macbook & iMac user).
I'm getting the cross bike because I like road/racing bikes but want something that I can take through the local woods now & again, and not limit myself to the roads. The bike will have thin rims, but thicker off-road tyres, and I won't exactly be down-hilling or pushing it to extremes, so d'you think I even need the discs? The thing is - instead of the disc brakes I could get a better spec bike for the same money (full Ultegra groupset etc. and better rims) - so I think I might be leaning towards that option. What d'you think.
Hi, I'm looking to buy a cyclocross bike and one of the options comes with disc brakes. Can anyone advise on the pros & cons of disc brakes on a cross bike? I appreciate the technology comes from MTB and would seem to benefit a cross bike.
But are there any things I need to consider or real disadvantages?
they will be heavier but will give better wet performance and in some forms will give truely awsome stopping ablity.
Quoted message said:
Any advice welcomed......Jason
Has anyone any experience of 'Focus' bikes? as it's either the Focus Mares Cross 2008 or the Focus Cross Disc 2008 that I'm considering - see
the BUT is will you need or notice the disks. will you be racing the bike or useing it for well hybrid use? i'd question the need for such brakes on a bike that has no suspention with thin tires one would need to push hard to tell much diffence, at least by the stopwatch. but if is was my money i'd get the disks as i love their wet performace.
Hi Roger...thanks for the reply & advice. I recognise your name from ucsm (I'm a bit of a lurker, with the odd post - macbook & iMac user).
heh
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I'm getting the cross bike because I like road/racing bikes but want something that I can take through the local woods now & again, and not limit myself to the roads. The bike will have thin rims, but thicker off-road tyres, and I won't exactly be down-hilling or pushing it to extremes, so d'you think I even need the discs? The thing is - instead of the disc brakes I could get a better spec bike for the same money (full Ultegra groupset etc. and better rims) - so I think I might be leaning towards that option. What d'you think.
okay well you don't need disks, folks managed with out, they are good in the wet.
Hi Roger...thanks for the reply & advice. I recognise your name from ucsm (I'm a bit of a lurker, with the odd post - macbook & iMac user).
I'm getting the cross bike because I like road/racing bikes but want something that I can take through the local woods now & again, and not limit myself to the roads. The bike will have thin rims, but thicker off-road tyres, and I won't exactly be down-hilling or pushing it to extremes, so d'you think I even need the discs? The thing is - instead of the disc brakes I could get a better spec bike for the same money (full Ultegra groupset etc. and better rims) - so I think I might be leaning towards that option. What d'you think.
Hi, I'm looking to buy a cyclocross bike and one of the options comes with disc brakes. Can anyone advise on the pros & cons of disc brakes on a cross bike? I appreciate the technology comes from MTB and would seem to benefit a cross bike.
But are there any things I need to consider or real disadvantages?
they will be heavier but will give better wet performance and in some forms will give truely awsome stopping ablity.
Quoted message said:
Any advice welcomed......Jason
Has anyone any experience of 'Focus' bikes? as it's either the Focus Mares Cross 2008 or the Focus Cross Disc 2008 that I'm considering - see
the BUT is will you need or notice the disks. will you be racing the bike or useing it for well hybrid use? i'd question the need for such brakes on a bike that has no suspention with thin tires one would need to push hard to tell much diffence, at least by the stopwatch. but if is was my money i'd get the disks as i love their wet performace.
roger
if you ever did want to race it you would be limited to the local type cyclo-cross events, as anything held under UCI regulations (which is any of the national type events) does not allow disc brakes on a cyclo-cross bike
