Rim vs. disc brakes - which will win most stages in TdF 2020?

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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Yeah, it should be in the manufacturers interests to sort this out as well, you would think.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    ddraver said:

    Seems like a very solvable problem to me...

    But it will remain a problem until it is resolved.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Neutral service could lay the smack down and just say, "we're gonna carry 142x12mm wheels (which is what most of them seem to be) and 100x15mm (?) wheels.

    One suspects manufacturers may jump on that bandwagon very quickly...
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    Finding the solution is easy.
    Implementing it is the tricky part.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    ddraver said:

    Seems like a very solvable problem to me...

    I think.the teams are going to demand it . Hopefully
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited September 2020
    The growth of proprietary standards is the bane of modern cycle consumerism . Not only is it irritating and monopolising but it has lead to some bad engineering .
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    So what was the overall result ? Rim or disc ?
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    mididoctors said:

    The growth of proprietary standards is the bane of modern cycle consumerism . Not only is it irritating and monopolising but it has lead to some bad engineering .

    Fortunately 11 and 12 speed cassettes have come together in terms of spacing between brands now, that's a good thing.
  • joe_totale-2
    joe_totale-2 Posts: 1,333
    edited September 2020
    fenix said:

    So what was the overall result ? Rim or disc ?

    Disc brakes won 12-9 for what it's worth.

    Pretty meaningless IMO, in a similar vein Shimano beat Campagnolo 14-7. I can't remember how many teams were using SRAM but they failed to get a single stage win.



  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    joe_totale-2 said:

    Disc brakes won 12-9 for what it's worth.

    Pretty meaningless IMO, in a similar vein Shimano beat Campagnolo 14-7.

    Is it more important that yellow was won on rims and Campag? 😉
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    bobmcstuff said:

    mididoctors said:

    The growth of proprietary standards is the bane of modern cycle consumerism . Not only is it irritating and monopolising but it has lead to some bad engineering .

    Fortunately 11 and 12 speed cassettes have come together in terms of spacing between brands now, that's a good thing.
    It's deeply annoying . Campag 11 works ok with Shimano 11 cassettes too I hear ? Which is a money saver
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,815
    ddraver said:

    Neutral service could lay the smack down and just say, "we're gonna carry 142x12mm wheels (which is what most of them seem to be) and 100x15mm (?) wheels.

    One suspects manufacturers may jump on that bandwagon very quickly...

    What rotor sizes?
  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    One of the most ridiculous sights in the TdF was was poor old Ritchie Port being put on a disc-braked Trek for the uphill section of the stage 20 TT after a bike swap... He came third in the stage after Dumoulin by a fraction of a second. Presumably he would have come second without the aerodynamic disdvantage of the discs (I'll assume they managed to get the Emonda down to 6.8kg and that weight wasn't a factor).

    This, after nearly losing time on Stage 18 after puncturing on the gravel and having to wait for a bike change rather than take a wheel from neutral service due to running discs.

    Of course Trek will still be using his well deserved podium place to sell the disc braked Emonda..
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    edited September 2020
    mrb123 said:

    ddraver said:

    Neutral service could lay the smack down and just say, "we're gonna carry 142x12mm wheels (which is what most of them seem to be) and 100x15mm (?) wheels.

    One suspects manufacturers may jump on that bandwagon very quickly...

    What rotor sizes?
    What are most bikes sold with now? 160F 140R?

    Sorted

    Easy
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    ddraver said:

    Neutral service need to get with the times....


    Some of their back wheels don't even have motors in them
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  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    If teams were actually that fussed about speeding up wheel changes they'd have the riders turning the bike upside down to put an end to the spectacle of the mechanic pissing about holding the bike up whilst trying to re-fit the rear wheel.

    This cackhandedness causes infinitely more time loss than a threaded axle.

    (one for the unpopular opinions thread I reckon.)
  • neonriver
    neonriver Posts: 228
    jam1e said:

    If teams were actually that fussed about speeding up wheel changes they'd have the riders turning the bike upside down to put an end to the spectacle of the mechanic pissing about holding the bike up whilst trying to re-fit the rear wheel.

    This cackhandedness causes infinitely more time loss than a threaded axle.

    (one for the unpopular opinions thread I reckon.)

    In my experience it is a hell of a lot quicker to change wheels with the bike right way up, especially at the rear to get it in right place beside the deraileur
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Oh no not a turn your bike upside advocate.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    I usually turn mine upside down... But then I am usually standing at the side of the road, have to take the wheel off and then change the inner tube before I can refit the wheel...
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    bobmcstuff said:

    I usually turn mine upside down... But then I am usually standing at the side of the road, have to take the wheel off and then change the inner tube before I can refit the wheel...

    Ruins the handlbars / shifters etc.
    _
  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    neonriver said:

    jam1e said:

    If teams were actually that fussed about speeding up wheel changes they'd have the riders turning the bike upside down to put an end to the spectacle of the mechanic pissing about holding the bike up whilst trying to re-fit the rear wheel.

    This cackhandedness causes infinitely more time loss than a threaded axle.

    (one for the unpopular opinions thread I reckon.)

    In my experience it is a hell of a lot quicker to change wheels with the bike right way up, especially at the rear to get it in right place beside the deraileur
    You should offer your services to the pros, they don't seem to find that to be the case.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    Easier to get it straight if it is upside down, but I'm no pro
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    rick_chasey said:

    bobmcstuff said:

    I usually turn mine upside down... But then I am usually standing at the side of the road, have to take the wheel off and then change the inner tube before I can refit the wheel...

    Ruins the handlbars / shifters etc.
    And so if you're on the side of the road what are you meant to do with the bike while you're actually sorting the puncture out. Leave it sitting on its mech, or on its side? In my mind the hoods and saddle are the safest things to leave the bike sitting on...

    You've got strange set up if the bike is actually sitting on its handlebars.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    jam1e said:

    neonriver said:

    jam1e said:

    If teams were actually that fussed about speeding up wheel changes they'd have the riders turning the bike upside down to put an end to the spectacle of the mechanic pissing about holding the bike up whilst trying to re-fit the rear wheel.

    This cackhandedness causes infinitely more time loss than a threaded axle.

    (one for the unpopular opinions thread I reckon.)

    In my experience it is a hell of a lot quicker to change wheels with the bike right way up, especially at the rear to get it in right place beside the deraileur
    You should offer your services to the pros, they don't seem to find that to be the case.
    You've obviously not watched much pro racing.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    Busted, I'm just a filthy casual. Like the mechanic trying to sort out G's puncture in the 2014 CW games.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    dish_dash said:

    rick_chasey said:

    bobmcstuff said:

    I usually turn mine upside down... But then I am usually standing at the side of the road, have to take the wheel off and then change the inner tube before I can refit the wheel...

    Ruins the handlbars / shifters etc.
    And so if you're on the side of the road what are you meant to do with the bike while you're actually sorting the puncture out. Leave it sitting on its mech, or on its side? In my mind the hoods and saddle are the safest things to leave the bike sitting on...

    You've got strange set up if the bike is actually sitting on its handlebars.
    Lay it on the side is what I do.... or against a wall or lamppost or whatever.
    _
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    jam1e said:

    Busted, I'm just a filthy casual. Like the mechanic trying to sort out G's puncture in the 2014 CW games.

    Well done for finding an exception! I'd question that mechanics credentials.
    They ideally want to swap a wheel in less than 5 seconds.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    If you've got the mechs in the right position you should be able to get a rim brake wheel in with one hand holding the bike with the other in a few seconds - then just whip up the QR.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    hang it by the saddle tip off a sign or branch
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm

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