Disc Brakes vs Rim Brakes — The Truth Nobody Wants to Admit | A Dutch Mechanic's Verdict

Thirty-eight years of fixing bicycles in Amsterdam, and the brake question still comes up every week. Discs stop better — that argument is over. So why do so many riders miss their rim brakes, and why do disc bikes keep coming back to my stand?

In this video: the part of your rim brake bike that wears away every time you pull the lever, and how to check it in one minute. The three tenths of a millimetre that decide when a disc rotor is finished. Why good rim brake wheels suddenly fit nothing. And the Dutch city bike brake that outlasts them both.

Which one should you ride? It depends on what kind of rider you are — and I'll tell you exactly where the line runs.