Originally Posted by
Thor29
Do you have any actual experience with Avid BB7 road disc brakes? They are easier to adjust than V brakes (and magnitudes easier than cantilevers) and it's much quicker to change out the pads. There's really nothing all that complicated about them. They use the same cables as rim brakes. I'm not sure what you mean by "rebuild". If you're just talking about changing pads and cables, then it will take about the same amount of money and tools although there are more cheap options for rim brake pads.
+1 to all of this. I don't care if folks use disc brakes or not, but anyone who's actually worked on Avid BB7 mechanical discs knows they're easy to adjust, super easy to change the pads, and no more difficult to change out a cable than a rim brake.