Between Me and the Ground

That time again.

Time for a new post of a new bike.

Disc brakes are the in thing for cross bikes.

All the cool kids are doin' it.

Before somebody gets their undies in a twist

 about the sacrilege that disc brakes on a 'cross bike represents,

I'll say it first: I've always had apprehensions about it.

My theory has been that the surface area that a disc 

and its pads have, is about twice the contact patch 

your tires have got on the ground. 

I said that half the fun of riding a 'cross bike is the

lack of braking that makes you just kinda go for it.

I was wrong.

Disc brakes on 'cross bikes are the jam.

Don't fool yourself.

The same arguments against disc brakes on mountain bikes

are being trotted out 15 years later when debating the

 merits of 'cross bike disc brakery. 

In the future, you'll be able to control your 'cross bike,

and ride it faster.

The future is now.
Actually, the future was like 5 years ago,
but some of us were to stuck to our own ways to see it.

Dead Meadow.

Sleepy Silver Door.