Originally Posted by nodnerb
Discs are cool and have some small benefits but they are an industry forced necessity for a problem that didn't exist imo.
A decent set of disc brakes have much better modualtion than XTR Vs, perform consistently in the wet/mud, unlike XTR Vs, perform consistently on long hot descents, unlike XTR Vs and discs aren't affected by rim truing issues, unlike XTR Vs.