Originally Posted by
Random11
My previous bike had rim brakes and I was completely happy with the braking performance. I wanted to get a gravel bike with a carbon frame, and there was no option. So, I have disk brakes. I don't know if they are worth the price, but given what else I wanted in a new bike, every bike from every manufacturer came with disk brakes. Could be that lots of people who have disk brakes have them for the same reason. Isa brakes are n a certain category of bike, rim brakes are not an option.
As far as I can tell disc brakes are preferred by some gravel riders because of the increased clearance in the forks you get without the rim brakes / calipers limiting your options for tire size. I think it's less of a concern on road riding because the range of tire sizing doesn't vary as widely for road riding as it does for offload riding.