Originally Posted by
Happy Feet
What spot would that be?
I've run the biggest passes in the Canadian Rockies and Coast Range, many in the rain, and never had a problem with cantis.
The only benefit I see to discs is that you don't wear your rim so if you invest in an expensive wheelset discs probably make more sense.
While rim brakes work, discs really do handle mud and wet better, especially the mud part. Rim brakes (even the good ones) are just terrible compared to discs once you hit a lot of sticky mud. I realize that it's not a big concern for most tourists, but I got discs on my CX and mountain bikes the 1st chance I got because of that. Then they kinda took over almost all my other bikes.