The polemic over the use of disc brakes in professional cycling continues to rumble on after the CPA, the riders` union, this week called on the UCI to suspend their use for the second time. But Filippo Pozzato (Wilier-Triestina) believes it is inevitable that the entirety of the professional peloton will embrace the technology in time. The UCI first allowed the use of disc brakes in the professional peloton at the start of the 2016 season, but the trial was suspended after Paris-Roubaix in April when Fran Ventoso suffered a deep wound to his leg following a crash. He blamed the sharp edge of a disc brake rotor for the gash. The UCI re-introduced disc brakes on a trial basis from the start of the 2017 season, after manufacturers agreed to dull the edges of disc rotors. Tom Boonen (Quick-Step Floors) became the first rider to win a professional race on disc brakes at the Vuelta a San Juan in Argentina last month.ADVERTISEMENT The CPA is opposed, however, to the use of disc brakes and traditional calliper brakes in the same race, over concerns that the discrepancy between the stopping distances of the two systems constitutes a safety risk. The CPA has called on the UCI to ban disc brakes once again pending pre-agreed, `all-on-discs` trials later in the season. `In the end, I think what the CPA has said is right, it`s only right that it`s either all or nothing, because otherwise it becomes a problem when it comes to changing wheels and so on,` Pozzato told Cyclingnews at the Tour of Oman. `I think in the future, it`s going to be all on disc brakes anyway, so there just needs to be a date set when everybody switches over the disc brakes, and that`s it.` More on this story: Kittel disc brake success sparks debate in the Dubai Tour peloton Dubai Tour: Kittel savours his first win on disc brakes Marcel Kittel`s custom Specialized S-Works Venge ViAS disc - Gallery Neutral Support companies brace for disc brake mayhem Are road disc brakes danger ...
|
