Merida also has at least a rider using disc as well. The difference between Merida, Katusha, Cdale vs. Boonen & Specialized is....
- the other 3 don't go around touting and tooting their horns, using a high profile rider in the act
- as the result, the pro-disc jockers in RBR didn't use the other 3 as a prime example but instead uses the Boonen & Specialized
Yeah, high profile works both ways. When it works, you're a glowing example and of course the pro-disc guys would be ALL OVER this thread with their myraids of opinions of "see I told you so", ain't it? Instead, we get crickets. It's not hard.
pretty damn sure guys like Swifsolo and Mopho are jusst waiting for a disc win to pounce all over a thread such as this one, eh. When you make bold prediction of how disc will present a superior advantage, so much so that it will alter race results, and then such results don't material, well then it's only fair that that you get a beating eh
i don't know, don't care for disc, i guess i'm a "luddite", blah blah. But how about how me the money? Having said that, I think disc will eventually take over simply because the force from the manufacturers are strong and persistent, it'll only grow stronger. In due time, the current riding population who are familiar with rim brakes will "turn over" and the newer riders will grow up with disc from the get-go. There is no turning back the clock on disc as far as the manufacturers are thinking, they're just buying their time. No going back for them. Only a matter of time before disc will be on all high end bikes. I only hope that they will still be making rim brakes by then, because I want my bikes on rim brakes. That's that.