how long are you going to keep your current ride? Do you need new wheels now, or is it a "I might gain 0.05 watts at 17.5 degrees yaw if I run these new wheels with a 25c continental supercorsa EXP and latex nanocarbon tubes...."

High end rim brake bikes are going to be around for quite a while yet.

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At this point, if you are considering getting a disc brake tri bike, then rent wheels and hold off. We should have more bikes next year. If you buy rim brake wheels and resale them, you are going to lose money.

I'm anticipating my next bike being a disc brake tri bike so I am holding off buying wheels. I sold my 808/Super 9 in 2017 and have been renting wheels until I get a new bike.

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It all depends.

I have gone to disc brakes on my road racing bike and I love it. I know of no circumstances where disc brakes aren't clearly superior on a road bike -- especially in inclement weather or on long, steep, technical descents.

But . . . I just bought a new Tri/TT bike and I made the conscious decision to stay with rim brakes. Why? Disc brakes, for the most part, only matter (1) on steep, fast, screaming descents, and (2) in serious monsoon / mud / bad stuff. I've never had either of these two circumstances on a Tri/TT bike. And disc brakes (so far) are a little less aero than rim brakes. So, for me, the cost/benefit analysis tipped in favor of rim brakes on the Tri/TT bike.

Are you sold on purchasing a Tri/TT bike with disc brakes? If you are, you've likely already answered your question.

Since wheels seem expensive to you (they are to me too), I would just advise staying away from brand new carbon clinchers. They don't retain their MSRP value well because the warranty doesn't transfer to the new owner and the perceived risk of failures at the brake track. They are also more expensive, so even if they did retain the same percentage of value in relation to MSRP as compared to aluminum brake track race wheels, your net cost after you sell them is higher.

Look for a used set of HED Jets or Flos. You can probably find them for around $700-800 pretty easily and won't lose too much value in the next 2-3 years even if all the brand new bikes moves to disc.

Just look at all the teams at the Giro using those old fashioned rim brakes: they clearly don't know what they're doing.

And as for all the best time triallists just think how much quicker they would be with those lovely disc brakes.

i asked tom a. that very same question. he said, "whatever else you do, invest in disc brake technology; that is the future."

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He finally gave up?

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i had to hold him down and give him a nipple twist.

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Dan Empfield
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I probably wouldn't go out and buy high-end carbon wheels like say $3700 Enves. Regardless of discs high-end carbon wheels don't hold their value. With that being said you could buy a set of HED JET 6+ currently $1099. Use them for a season or 2 and and then unload them. Or just look for some used wheels in the meantime. Might take a couple of hundred dollar hit but heck that is renting wheels once.

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Discs are the future. Heard from many reputable sources Giant and Specialized are only selling disc bikes for 2019 and have stopped making them for the year already. I imagine the other big companies won’t be far behind. Supposedly a new Shiv will drop at TdF so we will see if that is true and if it’s disc only.