who commutes with disc brakes?

[maillotpois]

Red, Eden, and all- are your discs hydraulic or mechanical?

I'm test riding a Volagi this week - not for commuting but for ultra distance. They want me to ride it at the Levi Gran Fondo Saturday and I was happy to oblige. I haven't ridden it much yet, but so far I really like it and am seriously considering getting one as my climbing double century bike (DCs where I need easier gearing than my campy outfitted Peg will allow). They're going to be offering hydraulic next year, which is probably when I would get it, and I wondered what peoples' take was between the 2.

Oh good old "N+1"*.


*Where N = the number of bikes you have.

[redrhodie]

Mine are mechanical, Avid bb 5, I think. I'm really happy with them. I haven't had any issues.

Wow, those are gorgeous bikes. You should get one.

[maillotpois]

Wow, those are gorgeous bikes. You should get one.

Like I need any more encouragement.

[jessmarimba]

Mechanical here. I think Avid BB7s.

[lph]

I have a commuter with rim brakes and a "good bike" with disk brakes. Used the good bike while the beater was being fixed up for a few weeks last winter, and totally messed it up in the snow and slush. We don't get extreme cold, but rain, snow and a lot of fluctuation around the freezing point. I'm keeping the good bike away from these conditions now. My main beef with disk brakes is that they're harder to fix, while I can troubleshoot and fix rim brakes with my eyes closed. My commuter just gets so much regular hard use that it has to be easy maintenance.

[WindingRoad]

That is extremely cool! Buy it!