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That first pic is amazing. Blast from the past! I didn’t own a bike with discs until about five years ago. They certainly have changed for the better.Chalo said:dustNbone said:Disc brakes existed for several decades on motorcycles before making their way to bicycles, if rim brakes were so deficient I think this would have happened much sooner.
That might have had something to do with how laughably awful some early bicycle disc brakes were.
I got my first discs in 1992. They were regarded as the best available at the time. They were more or less OK-- about what I have come to expect from good broken-in drum brakes with appropriate levers. But they were much more expensive than that. And much noisier.
One of the worst bicycle disc brake designs has to be that terrifying Phil wood thing from the late 70s(?) It had a rotor made out of an asbestos composite, that was attached to the hub with splines. Not the best plan Phil! They were “prone to shatter”