Originally Posted by
gsa103
The disc issues are mostly just fear mongering. Chain rings are far more likely to cut people than discs. Let's put it this way, mountain bikers crash all time, I've never heard of someone getting hurt by a disc in a crash. Concerns about wheel compatible is certainly legitimate, but the safety concerns are highly exaggerated. I'd wager the riders are in more danger of being impaled by a shattered carbon asplosion than a freak disc brake incident.
There are going to now be those who'll probably point out that MTB races don't have mass pileups like road races do. However I haven't heard of disc cuts in Megavalanche where mothers of all pileups happen in practically every heat, and there are a lot of those as there are hundreds upon hundreds of racers attending.