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SOME OF THE BEST 2016 ENDURANCE ROAD BIKES WITH DISC BRAKES

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Steve 120 comments

If you are looking to buy a road bike with disc brakes this year, here’s my review of a dozen of them and 3 I recommend

Bikes
Disc Brake Road Bike Gear
Gear Reviews

WHY AND WHEN TO BUY A ROAD DISC BIKE

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Steve 35 comments

While the debates about road bikes equipped with disc brakes are far from over, I believe it’s now clear that these bikes will soon become the predominant type sold to road cycling enthusiasts.

Bikes
Disc Brake Road Bike Gear
Gear Reviews

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In The Know Cycling is for cyclists who want to know – but don’t have the time to do all the research and comparisons to figure out – what gear they should get next and where they should get it.

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CYCLING GEAR REVIEWS

WHEELS AND TIRES
– Carbon All-Around Rim Brake
– Alloy Upgrade Rim Brake
– Alloy Upgrade Disc Brake
– Aero Rim Brake
– Carbon Climbing Rim Brake
– Road Bike Tires
– Picking Bike Tire Size

DISC BRAKE ROAD BIKES
– Why Buy a Disc Brake Road Bike?
– Disc Bikes for Endurance Cycling
– Alloy Upgrade Disc Brake Wheels
– Disc Brake Components

COMPONENTS
– Rim Brake Groupsets
– Disc Brake Components

POWER METERS
– Should You Use a Power Meter?
– Best Power Meters for Enthuiasts

CLOTHING, SHOES AND HELMETS
– Summer Jerseys and Bibs
– Spring and Fall Kit
– Performance Shoes
– Aero Helmets

ONLINE BIKE STORES
– Best Online Bike Store Ratings

MY TAKE
– A Few of My Favorite Things
– 5 Gear Beliefs I’ve Dropped
– Ride Faster: Gear & Kit
– Ride Faster: Training & Technique

Best Stores and Prices

ONLINE CYCLING STORES

For the range of gear road cycling enthusiasts use, Competitive Cyclist, Wiggle, Tweeks Cycles, Tredz, ProBikeKit UK, Chain Reaction Cycles, Ribble and Power Meter City offer the best combination of prices, selection, satisfaction and support.

For the specific gear I’ve recommended, the best prices from stores with top customer satisfaction ratings from the over 90 online stores I follow around the world can be found by clicking on the red store links below.

WHEELSETS – Carbon All-Round Rim Brake
Zipp 303 NSW
Competitive Cyclist, eBay, UK/EU Wiggle, Tweeks Cycles, Tredz, ProBikeKit UK code ITK10

Reynolds Assault Clincher Tubeless
Tredz, ProBikeKit code ITKRW or ITK10

WHEELSETS – Aero Rim Brake
ENVE SES 4.5
Competitive Cyclist, Tweeks Cycles

Zipp 404 Firecrest
Competitive Cyclist, UK/EU Tweeks Cycles, ProBikeKit UK code ITK10, Chain Reaction Cycles

WHEELSETS – Carbon Clincher Climbing Rim Brake
ENVE SES 2.2
Competitive Cyclist, Tweeks Cycles, Merlin

WHEELSETS – Alloy Upgrade Rim Brake
Campagnolo Zonda C17
Wiggle, Tweeks Cycles, ProBikeKit UK code ITK10, Chain Reaction Cycles, Ribble

WHEELSETS – Alloy Upgrade Disc Brake
Zipp 30 Course Disc Brake
Competitive Cyclist, eBay, UK/EU Wiggle, Tweeks Cycles, ProBikeKit UK front and rear code ITK10, Chain Reaction Cycles, Westbrook Cycles

GROUPSETS – Rim Brake
Shimano Ultegra 6870 Di2
Wiggle, Tredz, ProBikeKit UK code ITK10, Chain Reaction Cycles, Ribble

Shimano Ultegra 6800
Wiggle, Tweeks Cycles, ProBikeKit UK code ITK10, Chain Reaction Cycles, Ribble

GROUPSETS and COMPONENTS – Disc Brake
Shimano Ultegra 6870 Di2 Disc Brake Groupset
Merlin Cycles

Shimano Ultegra 6800 Disc Brake Groupset
Ribble

Shimano R785 STI and brake
Competitive Cyclist, ProBikeKit UK code ITK10

Shimano RS685 STI and brake
Competitive Cyclist, Tweeks Cycles, Ribble (flat mount), Ribble (post mount)

Shimano RS505 STI and brake
Competitive Cyclist, Tredz, ProBikeKit UK code ITK10

POWER METERS
Quarq DZero
Competitive Cyclist (spider), Competitive Cyclist (with crank arms), Amazon, ebay, UK/EU Wiggle, Tredz, ProBikeKit UK code ITK10, Ribble

Quarq DFour
Competitive Cyclist, UK/EU Wiggle, Tredz, ProBikeKit UK code ITK10, Ribble, Westbrook Cycles

4iiii Precision
Power Meter City code ITK10, ProBikeKit UK code ITK10

SHOES
Specialized S-Works 6
Tredz, Art’s Cyclery

Sidi Wire Carbon
US/CA Competitive Cyclist, UK/EU Wiggle, Tweeks Cycles, Tredz, ProBikeKit UK code ITK10, Chain Reaction Cycles, Ribble

HELMETS
Kask Protone
US/CA Competitive Cyclist, UK/EU Wiggle, Tweeks Cycles, Tredz, Westbrook Cycles, Ribble

Specialized S-Works Evade
UK/EU Tredz, Cyclestore

Updated June 21, 2017

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