On Monday, March 18, 2019 at 5:22:16 PM UTC-4, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-03-18 13:57, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, March 18, 2019 at 3:32:49 PM UTC-4, Joerg wrote: Snipped

I was sold on disc brakes after about five seconds of use. When I
almost flew over the handlebar of my new MTB during a test ride in
the LBS parking lot, despite having pulled the handle with just two
fingers. The rear of the MTB actually bucked upwards. It felt like
having power-assist brakes. Woohoo!

Snipped

I do. Should I ever need a new road bike it will have discs or I
won't buy.


-- Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

Back around 1982 I bought a Velo Sport Columbus SL Dura Ace AX
equipped bicycle and on the ride home was getting squeezed into
parked cars by a streetcar because the road was narrowing quite a
bit. I hit the brakes and the rear wheel lifted quite a bit before I
released the front brake lever and hit the brakes again. That was
with the AX caliper brake. I've always loved the braking of those
brakes.


Now try the same on a rainy day. Yeah, a rim brake can still lift the
rear but it could be 1-2sec too late. I don't want that.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

On a wet day my tire loses traction before the wheel lifts. Braking is darn near instantaneous. Even when I tour mining/logging roads in the rain I don't have problems braking. Again the limit is the tire grip on the surface or the surface itself giving way under the locked wheel. My mining/logging road tours are done with an MTB with cantilever brakes.

Cheers