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Trek adds disc brakes to the Emonda after saying they didn't believe in road disc brakes
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BryanD
Jun 30, 17 20:14
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Just as I thought they would, Trek decided to go against what they said and release an Emonda with disc brakes.

Remember this thread?
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...t_thickens_P6126260/

and this video?



Well guess what?




http://road.cc/...good-thing-sometimes

https://www.trekbikes.com/...rakes%3AfacetBrake4#



https://www.bikerumor.com/...ame-drops-640-grams/
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Tom A.
Jun 30, 17 20:24
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http://bikeblather.blogspot.com/
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BryanD
Jun 30, 17 20:25
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Ummm did you watch the video?
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Tom A.
Jun 30, 17 20:29
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BryanD wrote:
Ummm did you watch the video?

Yes...and after further review, the foul is confirmed.
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BryanD
Jun 30, 17 20:29
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So....they totally talked about how they didn't want to bring disc brakes to road bikes. So tell me where I'm wrong?
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Tom A.
Jun 30, 17 20:35
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BryanD wrote:
So....they totally talked about how they didn't want to bring disc brakes to road bikes. So tell me where I'm wrong?

No, he said that for a bike like the Emonda, which is focused on weight, the buyer might not want to take the 600-800g weight increase of adding discs, and for an aero focused bike like the Madone, a rim brake is always faster.

In no way did the spokesman say they didn't want to bring discs to road bikes...especially considering they already HAD done so with the Domane.

Penalty upheld...play on.
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GreenPlease
Jun 30, 17 20:42
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Keep the faith Tom!
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BryanD
Jun 30, 17 20:47
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He talks about the Domane being the ultimate platform for disc brakes. Sooner or later, your beloved HED Jets are going to have disc brakes.
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Tom A.
Jun 30, 17 21:28
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BryanD wrote:
He talks about the Domane being the ultimate platform for disc brakes. Sooner or later, your beloved HED Jets are going to have disc brakes.

Ummm...they already do. You saw the Andean, didn't you?

To quote RChung, "Logic isn't your strong suit, is it?" ;-)
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BryanD
Jun 30, 17 21:34
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Tom A. wrote:
BryanD wrote:
He talks about the Domane being the ultimate platform for disc brakes. Sooner or later, your beloved HED Jets are going to have disc brakes.


Ummm...they already do. You saw the Andean, didn't you?

To quote RChung, "Logic isn't your strong suit, is it?" ;-)


Here comes the personal attacks. If you haven't noticed, I know about all gear that comes out.

But you keep working on that best in class rim brake design. We won't be waiting for the results.
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Last edited by: BryanD: Jun 30, 17 21:36
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georged
Jun 30, 17 22:06
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They saw the results of the Aero White Paper and realized the error of their ways.
'It never gets easier, you just get crazier.'
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TheFisher
Jul 1, 17 1:11
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Out of curiosity, did you even watch the first video? The entire first minute of it is him harping on about how great disc brakes are on a road bike.

Now I'm guessing (seeing as you know everything about new bikes and all) that the new Emonda is lighter than the old one. Light enough to build a road disc bike to under the legal weight limit. . . . . .
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BryanD
Jul 1, 17 2:54
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Did you even read the old thread?
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stevej
Jul 1, 17 6:22
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You realize trek had disc brakes on the domane 2 or 3 years ago right?
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JoeO
Jul 1, 17 8:11
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I don't understand what you feel you are contradicting in that video. They mention the weight and aero penalties and they say that climbers probably don't want them, but it's basically and advertisement for for road disc brakes.

At what point exactly did they say they "didn't believe in road disc brakes?"
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