Originally Posted by
Rob_E
But I don't feel like I'm risking my life when I ride a bike with rim brakes, given that rim brakes have been the standard most of my adult life.
Of course you can get by just fine with em, but there's still a reason why mountain bikers have basically totally abandoned rim brakes for kind of a while now. It's just that with most of us riding in tame and fairly clean conditions the advantages don't stick out nearly as much.
One reason for me loving discs is that I have to ride through a lot of mud to get to the road (from my home) when it rains, and I can't stand having to scrape crud off my bike just to get the wheels to spin or brakes to work whenever the weather is bad. The bikes I have with rim brakes only really get out when the weather is nice these days. I sold off my older CX bikes for that reason.
Originally Posted by
Rob_E
I am still getting used to my disc brakes. I find them a little fiddly, and still have trouble getting them centered properly at times.
If you can get a bike with through axles that isn't as much of a problem. It can be a pain when you have QR hubs sometimes.