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Not any more - nowadays being aero is more important and that adds quite a bit of weight. And disc brake sets are also heavier than brake pads used to be.
by cesnja 1y ago
Not any more - nowadays being aero is more important and that adds quite a bit of weight. And disc brake sets are also heavier than brake pads used to be.
- VikingMiner 1y agoThe UCI weight limit still seems to be in place. Disc brakes have been allowed since 2018 it seems.
- silon42 1y agoIt is, but the minimum weight is harder to achieve with the extra weight of the disc brakes...
- VikingMiner 1y agoAgreed.
- c0nsumer 1y agoThe Specialized Aethos shows it's not hard to achieve at all. These are regularly built up to less than UCI minimums.