I still think rim brakes work well enough for paved road #cycling . They haven't given me any major trouble in the wet, either. #bicycle #mastobikes #biketooter
I agree. I’ll say that rim brakes with carbon rims in the wet is dicey. And that old canti’s on a loaded touring tandem in the rain is dicey. But for like 97% of my road riding, rim brakes work great. #BikeTooter
rim brakes in the wet were pretty bad on cheap bike boom era rims (I forget what the material was, but non-alloy), but disc brakes were never an option with those rims, anyway.
The cantis on my trusty old touring bike are fine except when wet. I do usually alternate brakes when trying to keep the speed down on long downhills, just to limit the amount of rim heat.
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I think we can conclude that carbon rims are the problem, not rim brakes.
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