Cervelo R2 vs Cannondale Carbon Synapse 105 Disc
Dbruce1112
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I am in the process of looking to buy my first road bike. A LBS near me will do a free Guru fit and I'm looking at a Cervelo R2 with rim brakes vs. a Cannondale Synapse Carbon 105. Both bikes with 105 group sets, but The Synapse has the disc brakes. Is it worth making a choice with the disc brakes, or am I overthinking that? I'm a 52 year old beginner rider and am only riding now about 25 miles at a time but am hopeful to keep building up as time goes on. Any advice appreciated
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Do the fit - buy the bike that gives you the best fit.
Worth talking to other LBS for advice and what they offer.0 -
Rims are fine. They use rim brakes in all pro bike races. This says to MF that they are fine,
Go for fit and see what what happens.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Thanks...I've been to about 9 LBS within a 40 mile radius from my house and none do a detailed bike fit. Its the fit that is driving me to this LBS. But the other shops seem to be pusing disc brakes saying that, if Im buying a bike for the long term, buy disc.. Thats why I'm questioning it..0
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Dbruce1112 wrote:Thanks...I've been to about 9 LBS within a 40 mile radius from my house and none do a detailed bike fit. Its the fit that is driving me to this LBS. But the other shops seem to be pusing disc brakes saying that, if Im buying a bike for the long term, buy disc.. Thats why I'm questioning it..
Don't worry about it - rim brakes are going nowhere. Disc variants will increase, yes, but there will always be rim brakes and rim brake spares.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Also re discs, there is no industry set option - do you go through through axle, QR, mixture of both, etc etcetc.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
I'm looking at the same bike and same dilemma of disc or rim. Personally I'm swaying towards the rim brake R2. Just due to ease of maintenance of them, I'm sticking to a set of dt Swiss alloy wheels so braking will be good. I mtb so get the disc brakes on bikes but after testing a few I think a well setup rim brake offers great modulation and power0
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Discs can be logical for:
1/ Commuters who commute in all weathers
2/ Really fat heavy people
3/ People who ride where there are very steep descents which demand braking lots
4/ People who ride where there are long descents with plenty of turns that mean lots of braking (this point becomes even more relevant if the person has poor descending skills).
Most people don't fit into these categories.
Apart from those scenarios, they aren't needed by any logic apart from people who might want to spend a lot on wheels and don't want the rims to wear out and need replacing ever, unless they are crashed and broken.
Correctly stated above is that rim brakes are easier to maintain, all and any work on them is simple. This includes if you change bars as the routing most times involves changing cable lengths. Very easy with rim brakes, much more fiddle with discs for the amateur tinkerer, changing hoses, re-bleeding etc.0
