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Save the rim brake? DT Swiss' ARC 1400 Dicut wheels show why they never died | BikeRadar
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Rim brakes should be left to die a peaceful death. I just built a bike with a front disc and a rear rim brake. I've been riding disc for a few years and I'm very used to their operation. Once I got onto the new bike I immediately recalled the difference in feel between the two types of brakes. Especially so because I could directly compare it on the same bike. The rim brake has phenomenal stopping power, can instantly lock a wheel with little force. And that's what's so much worse about it than the disc one. There's a lot more brake lever movement in the disc brake for the same amount of stopping power than the rim brake. With the rim brake, first the lever movement has no effect until the pads reach the rim. Once they reach the rim, very little brake lever movement goes from zero to max stopping power. A small movement gets from no braking to locked wheel. Then there's some further lever movement after the wheel is locked, which has no effect. It's obviously completely usable once you learn how to use it, but the disc brake is just way easier to control. Of course this depends on the exact disc brake and rim brake, but I'm talking about Shimano hydraulic disc vs rim. Cable actuated disc can be similar to rim.
I still run V-brakes with Coolstop pads and they work great. IMO rim brakes get too much hate, but I respect that disk brakes are better. Rim brakes are still good enough though.
And the change in lever movement can be adjusted with the right system. Consider a cam on a compound bow.
Yeah, I suppose the right lever could do this. I've used Shimano and Avid, both have poor modulation compared to Shimano's hydraulic disc.
I don't see why either side couldn't.
I've never had problems with V-brakes. Easily the best rim brakes ever made. On this bike I mentioned I installed a Shimano XT V-brake at the rear. I've used V-brakes for so long that I have deep muscle memory of how to modulate them. They're much cheaper too. Shimano's hydraulic disc just has much easier modulation in my opinion, and that should make them easier and safer to use than most rim brakes.