YouRang87
Active Member
as time goes by I find myself wanting a titanium frame more and more. Maybe within a year or two, I want to build the bike I'll have for maybe a lifetime. Maybe even splurge on a Moots. But with newer bikes coming out I'm timid for such an investment and here's why.
Disc brakes and rear spacing.
Now I don't want to make it a disc vs rim convo, as I have an Alum cross bike with discs/ thru axles as my trail bike and Carbon road bike with rim brakes. I like the discs for trail riding and mud but when I ride the canal I can't help but think to myself "why do I have these here". I can ride 100 hours on the canal and not use my brakes once. When I ride on the road my 28 mile loop requires me to come to a complete stop 3 times.
MY GOALS, I want to build a bike that has the best of both, quick, light, and snappy for the road but with the ability to run 28c or even 30c? for the canal/gravel. Im at a point where I've made up my mind I do not want discs on this build.
I'm worried because when I look online at almost all manufacturers if the bike is an "endurance geo" or has clearance for larger size tires all bikes come with discs with 135 spacing.
The only reason this is an issue is I want a Ti frame that I can literally use til I'm dead.
Will I not be able to keep the bike moderately modern. Will I still find actual rim brakes in 10 years? Like nice ones not wally's. Hubs? Will it eventually be only 135? Will TT bikes have discs for better modulation during hard braking? (Joke). Eventually the big 3 will come out with 12 speed, will I be able to switch just like the others before me did from 9 to 10. Probably not cause 12 will be 135 only and after my derailleur breaks I'll be stuck with a used Shimano sora.
Ok rant over, if you had to choose 130 and rims or 135 discs but wanted rim brakes what would you do knowing even 5 years from now 95% of road frames will be 135. It's to a point now that you can't even get rim brakes anymore on a "relaxed" frame.
Where do you see the future, what do you think of it. Healthy comments welcome.
Disc brakes and rear spacing.
Now I don't want to make it a disc vs rim convo, as I have an Alum cross bike with discs/ thru axles as my trail bike and Carbon road bike with rim brakes. I like the discs for trail riding and mud but when I ride the canal I can't help but think to myself "why do I have these here". I can ride 100 hours on the canal and not use my brakes once. When I ride on the road my 28 mile loop requires me to come to a complete stop 3 times.
MY GOALS, I want to build a bike that has the best of both, quick, light, and snappy for the road but with the ability to run 28c or even 30c? for the canal/gravel. Im at a point where I've made up my mind I do not want discs on this build.
I'm worried because when I look online at almost all manufacturers if the bike is an "endurance geo" or has clearance for larger size tires all bikes come with discs with 135 spacing.
The only reason this is an issue is I want a Ti frame that I can literally use til I'm dead.
Will I not be able to keep the bike moderately modern. Will I still find actual rim brakes in 10 years? Like nice ones not wally's. Hubs? Will it eventually be only 135? Will TT bikes have discs for better modulation during hard braking? (Joke). Eventually the big 3 will come out with 12 speed, will I be able to switch just like the others before me did from 9 to 10. Probably not cause 12 will be 135 only and after my derailleur breaks I'll be stuck with a used Shimano sora.
Ok rant over, if you had to choose 130 and rims or 135 discs but wanted rim brakes what would you do knowing even 5 years from now 95% of road frames will be 135. It's to a point now that you can't even get rim brakes anymore on a "relaxed" frame.
Where do you see the future, what do you think of it. Healthy comments welcome.