disc brakes

Daily News Digest

In this morning’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest: Maciej Paterski claims stage 1 at the Volta a Catalunya as favourites lose time; Patrick Bevin wins stage 2 of the Tour of Taiwan and takes the overall lead; Report - Riis suspended by Tinkov, could Dane be on his way out of the sport?; […]

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Zipp Firecrest 202 clincher disc wheelset review

Zipp’s 202 has evolved from a lightweight tubular wheelset to versatile carbon clincher. The company recently released a disc-equipped version of the 202 to appeal to performance-oriented riders that have migrated to road disc brakes. In this review, CTech editor Matt Wikstrom considers the impact of road discs on the performance of the Firecrest 202 […]

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Daily News Digest

In this morning’s edition of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest: Gianni Meersman claims inaugural Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race; Rachel Neylan wins elite women’s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race; Jack Bobridge unsuccessful in hour record bid, covers 51.3km for new Australian record; Matteo Pelucchi wins two of the four Challenge Mallorca races, Valverde […]

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Tour of Flanders to trial disc brakes?

CyclingTips understands from various industry sources that talks are in place with the UCI to trial disc brakes in the WorldTour peloton, possibly as soon as the Tour of Flanders 2015.

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Rocacorba Daily

In this morning’s edition of the Rocacorba Daily news digest: Steele Von Hoff wins back-to-back Australian criterium titles; Kimberley Wells wins second Australian criterium title in three years; New UCI Anti-Doping Rules introduced to reflect 2015 World Anti-Doping Code; ASO and Bora-Argon 18 hail news that Tour de France will be screened by German station […]

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How do disc brakes change the design of road bike wheels?

Now that hydraulic disc brakes are available for road bikes and manufacturers are embracing the new format, what will happen to road wheels? In this article, CTech Editor Matt Wikstrom considers the effect disc brakes will have (and are having on) wheel design, while considering a prototype disc-specific carbon wheelset built by Wheelworks.

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Shimano R785 Road Hydraulic Disc Brakes review

Shimano unveiled its first road hydraulic disc brake ensemble late last year with levers designed for Di2 transmissions. In this review CTech Editor Matt Wikstrom takes a look at the installation of the brakes and their mid-term performance.

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Test riding the new Shimano disc brakes … in Hawaii

While some of us are stuck in the office here in Melbourne, CyclingTips’ newest employee Andy van Bergen is over on the Hawaiian island of Maui for a Shimano media camp to experience the company’s new Ultegra road groupset, including their much anticipated disc brakes. Andy filed this report after testing the new disc brakes […]

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Disc brakes and road bikes: what does the future hold?

If you’ve been paying any sort of attention to what the major manufacturers have been doing in the past year or so, you’ll notice that disc brakes are becoming more of a fixture on road bikes. This is not a passing fad.

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SRAM And Shimano - Road Bike Disc Brakes At Eurobike

In 2014, Shimano and SRAM are releasing hydraulic disc brakes as part of their high end road groupsets. With this level of investment from two of the biggest brands in cycling, it’s likely that discs are here to stay. How will this affect you? GCN spoke to a range of industry experts and insiders at […]

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