Originally Posted by late
Hi.
1) Disc brakes? I wouldn't, and I have been bike touring on and off for over 30 years. Excess weight.
Again disagree. Weight is less than a pound. This is vancouver. 1.4 to 7 inches of rain a month!!! Even if it were 5 lbs of weight, that would be silly when you're on the ground cause you couldn't stop in time.