Stories like this make me glad that I purchased my Scylon when I did. Carbon frame, Ekar 13 speed, and those fantastic Campagnolo hydraulic disc brakes. Great riding 16.5 lb bike.
The "good old days" are
NOW!
But, you know, I did have to bleed the brakes on my other Ekar equipped bike, and a genuine Campagnolo bleeding kit ( they actually are a different size threads ) set me back $40 (The
only new tool needed), and it took maybe 5 minutes to bleed the brakes. So two bikes, maybe 4.000 miles, one set of pads (which take maybe a couple minutes to change)and one bleed.
But the brakes work when it is snowing (like today) or raining, or that delightful thing the NWS calls winter mix. Or in the summer thunderstorms that catch you when you were expecting a sunny day. And I will never have to change a brake cable.
P.S. I hope you got the WinSpace Lun Hyper wheels with the carbon spokes. They are fantastic.