Originally Posted by
ctak
Disc or rim, why spend $8k+ on something that will depreciate by 75% in 3-4 years?
My S-Works Roubaix (2015 rim brake model with Ultegra groupset and c24 9000s) was listed on Facebook for over 4 weeks at $1800 before I bought it. 15.4-lbs after swapping to an 11-speed Sram groupset and carbon bars (also used Facebook finds). My more recent S-Works Diverge disc build cost more but still under $3k.
I do like the wider tire clearances of disc and added stiffness afforded by thru axle frames and hubs… everything else not so much. The extra weight of the Diverge isn’t so bad for gravel, but I'll always prefer climbing on lightweight rim builds.
More than one good point from ol' Harley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdQfkQrtns
Durianrider is a bit of a bloke. He has a lot of passion and I think at his core his believes actually make sense but like any internet troll he is a tad too polarizing. For years he went on and on about anti carbon about how it fails and is just a landfill junk yet went on to sell his "own" carbon bikes and then promote other brands like Winspace. He is anti disc brake but cycles only in Australia and Thailand which is very different from where a lot of his core audiences cycles which need/want disc brakes. He promotes buying used bikes, which is fine but doesn't realize most people don't have the marketplace and eye to spot clean bikes nor the mechanical ability to fix bikes. I do agree with the sentiment that bikes are overpriced, but his whole idea that modern bikes have planned obsolescence is stupid, since Di2 11 speed or older tech is still pretty plentiful.