Good question. Weight is the first thing that comes to mind.
And I think they were, at first, illegal in professional racing due to safety concerns.
Safety? I heard ages ( like a decade) ago some noise about discs being 'dangerous' in crashes. Thought that got kicked into the same long grass as ' ice skates chop loads of fingers off'.
I think that mindset lasted until only a few years ago or so.
But you are correct. Potentially dangerous in crashes is what I remember...
Dang that looks so good.
I have been thinking of picking up a set of gumwall tires to break up some of the black on my bike. Literally everything is black.
What are some good ones that can handle the occasional wet?
I saw the Conti. GP5000 has that option but I can only seem to find it in 25, and I'd like 23.
Beautiful bike! Nicely done with the build 👍
Dang that looks so good.
I have been thinking of picking up a set of gumwall tires to break up some of the black on my bike. Literally everything is black.
What are some good ones that can handle the occasional wet?
I saw the Conti. GP5000 has that option but I can only seem to find it in 25, and I'd like 23.
Thanks! Some drama to get it finished, but now that it’s here I’m very happy.
Ok you've said that twice now, care to share? lol
I may try 25's again. I really have no preference.
When I got the crappy carbon clinchers that are on the bike now, I had it in the shop for a tune up and to put a cassette on the wheels and put them on the bike.
They called me and said that the Michelin tires I had at the time {700x25) would not fit due to clearance issues.
I thought that was weird, but just had them out on some new Conti GP's in 700x23 since I could have used them anyway.
Ok you've said that twice now, care to share? lol
Painter said they'd be happy to order parts and build the bike. Painting the decals in a silver fade versus the gold fade I'd requested was just the start of a long list of mistakes. Parts ordered were generally almost always wrong. Only the parts I ordered and delivered to them were correct the first time. Then it became clear that they were not mechanics. After 4 months of waiting (some things took longer as parts are unavailable) he had everything on hand and still did not have the bike built. Showed up on yet another day that I was promised it would be finished (3rd time in 3 weeks) to a disassembled bike with quite a bit of work left. I pulled it and took elsewhere. New builder had me up and running 90 minutes after I'd arrived. All good now though!
Yeah it never made much sense to me. Those tires were on the carbon wheels that I had on the bike and I was just switching them over to different carbon wheels.
But it was not at my usual shop and I was not around to go check it out myself so I just told them to go ahead and put on some good tires that fit lol.
