Tom A. wrote:
The hype about how well disc brakes work in the wet is mostly in comparison to wheels with carbon braking surfaces...which are absolutely horrid.
Confirmed, did an Olympic this year and it started pouring 3 miles into the bike leg. Came steaming into a somewhat unexpected 120 degree turn and had a pucker factor 1000 moment when the brakes did nothing for a solid 5 seconds- I was clipped out and ready for emergency maneuvers when the brakes finally started to work well enough to slow down. After that and another wet bike leg later in the year, I would be happy to jump to disc braking- especially if Shimano make a proper DI2 bullhorn hydro-brake/shifter. My dream would be a SpeedConcept with ISOSpeed in the rear, discs, thru-axels, and a "don't give a crap about the UCI box" version.
But I am a disc best case scenario- technical, hilly, fast courses, I use full carbon wheels, race in the wet, and go full tilt on the bike to make my placings.
Take a few of those away, and a current gen Speedconcept would be all I ever need.