How many of you have switched to road disk and did you keep your rim brake bike?

Just built up a Ritchey Road Logic rim brake frame. Have two other rim brake bikes. And one disc brake which hasn’t seen any action sine the Ritchey hit the road. 😁

cannondale synapse disc, the old focus is the turbo bike.

I already changed a few years ago. Took me a while to get used to in the beginning. Probably didn't make the right switch, went from a Canyon Ultimate which was only about 7.2kg to a Cannondale Synapse which was 9.5kg with the stock wheelset so a big jump.

Total convert now though, will never go back. Bought a rim brake CAAD12 because it was for sale cheaply near me and rode on it outside twice I'd say.

Wider tires are another big advantage

Nice. That’s one I’d consider getting. Pricey frameset now though

Still on rim brakes across my 4 bikes. I have around 200,000km across the 3 of those bikes and only twice had to replace wheels to to rim wear. A pair of Shimano Dura Ace C24 and Mavic Comics were binned due to rim wear but I would have got at least 20,000km out of each set.

Good quality brake pads and regularly cleaning the pads and rims will extend their life.

My carbon rimmed Campag Bora Ones on the race bike must have around 30-40k on them and nowhere near the point of replacement due to rim wear.

Sticking with the rim and mechanical groupset until I am forced into a new bike purchase.

I've moved all my bikes to di2 and disc. Mainly cos I've bought few new bikes and they were the options available. When they work they are great, but have found discs more hassle than rim brakes, from squeeling to rubbing pads and other stuff. At moment I'd like to have one nice rim brake bike that I can just use without having to worry about any disc issues, and may try pick up something second hand. Probably should just learn to get better at maintaining and working on the discs but there's something nice and simple about rim brakes.

Bike discount .de have them on a special ultegra for under €1,200

In fairness, we all thought drum brakes were fine on our cars until disc brakes came along. No one would dream of driving with drum brakes now (not that you'd get them as standard now anyway).

Ah I think the whole bike industry forcing us is a bit overblown. Technology moves and improvements are made. Bikes used to be all steel and cabling was all outboard. The biggest pain in the rear these days is integrated aero cockpits.

Anyway aside from all that I'm fully rim brake. Not out of any hardcore standing just I build up my own bikes, take care of them meticulously and at the moment they are still (3 of them) in pristine condition despite the age. At some point I'll build up a disc bike whenever I need something new.

Rim wear is something I've not experienced in a few years and at that it was only on the commuter bike which is going in through the city center every day pre covid WFH. Constantly on the brakes in all conditions the wheels wore after about 18months and christ knows much distance. It was 70km round trip. I used to buy entry level Fulcrum 7 or shimano's for commuting for that reason. Are you in a predominantly built up area where you're constantly stopping? Are the blocks you're using cheaper BBB options or something like that? Like others I've wheels that have 20k on them and plenty of life left in the rim. That said I'm based in Wicklow so ride 99% country roads so only really on the brakes in short spells downhill.

😁 Well, I don't see rims ever coming back but they're definitely on the slim fast diet again after almost a decade of trying to convince us that price per kilo was the true measure of bike quality 🙄

I did a short check in the Drury Street parking garage the other day, and I'd say most bikes in circulation are still rim brake, though that's a lot of cheap and legacy bikes. The question here is probably about road bikes really?

The bikes in my house are a mixture of rim brakes, coaster brakes and roller brakes (tourer, Brompton, bakfiets, kid's bikes; the kid's bikes are a mixture of coaster and rim brakes on the same bike). If rim brakes disappear from the market, I'll probably switch to a Dutch-style bike with roller brakes when the tourer gives up the ghost; they're adequate for me and very easy to maintain. Though maybe you'll still be able to get entry-level tourers with cantilevers.

Not sure about the blocks, but wipe the rims clean periodically, especially after riding in the rain and that should help.