Originally Posted by
Slaninar
Disadvantages: slightly worse dishing, due to space required for the disc. Other disadvantages are minor - more weight, looks, price difference.
Maybe if someone managed to dish the front wheel.
But, on the rear, if the hub flanges are narrower, there will be less dishing, and more even tension between DS and NDS spokes. Perhaps slightly less lateral support on the wheel, but there are benefits of the more even tension.