I am a diehard canti. guy, but I do have a few bikes with mechanical disk brakes. While Grants observations are correct, there are trade offs; I have recently been looking at going tubeless on a build and I've noticed some things, first most tubeless/ disk specific wheels rarely have more than 32 spoke & many have 28! It stands to reason that while a disk brake may require a stouter frame, a rim brake is going to ideally need a stouter wheel. Now simple engineering dictates that less rolling weight is preferable to sprung weight, so theoretically, moving the strength/additional weight to the frame should result in faster, better accerating, lively handling bike! Now are the differences noticeable by the average rider?? That remains to be seen Initially, I avoided disk brakes, because I perceived them as being overly complicated & expensive, but they are actually pretty simple and costs have plummeted over the last few years to the point that the cost difference is negligible. I still prefer Cantis., but I don't really mind disks now. My major beef with disks is that if you lean the bike against something or the bike falls over it can get warped or bent and once it is, it seems to stay that way. At least if your wheel is out of true, you can easily fix it.
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