Showerthought: I was wrong about disc brake rotors getting bent easily

For years I avoided putting disc brakes on my personal bikes because I figured a rock chip would warp a rotor on a trail. Then I had to service a customer's bike last month, a Trek Marlin, and his rotors had 2,000 miles on them without a single wobble. I ended up converting my own hardtail to discs last weekend and rode a rocky section near Moab without any issues. Anybody else held out on disc brakes forever and finally switched?

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roberts.jordan2d ago

Rode my old rim brake bike straight into a cactus trying to avoid a puddle last week, so I guess I'm the real hazard out here, not the rotors.

joseph_coleman2d ago

Rode my old rim brake bike straight into a cactus" - that's rough, man. I hit a patch of gravel last fall and ended up in a ditch, so I know how quick things can go sideways on a bike. Hope you didn't get too many spines in you, those things are a pain to pick out. At least you came out of it with a story to tell, even if your bike didn't come out so pretty.