I bought a top end pinarello last year which has (obviously because there is no other choice) some disc brakes, and I hate them so much compared to my oldest bike with rim brakes which was fine and working well.. the disc brake needs so much maintenance compared to the rim brakes and make so much annoying noise, i always need to make sure to have them right by the milimeter and make sure when you transport the bike and remove the wheel to block them or they would start to misaligned, this thing is such a ripoff.....I need to add that i never had any issues with my rim brakes while descending long mountain downhill.. it may brake a bit less than the disc brakes when wet but i just need to make careful and anticipate my braking more... but it's raining so I should make careful anyway!!!!
(context: i am a old grumpy european cyclist who lives by the alpes and does around 5/7k of road cycling a year for the last 10/15 years)
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