Originally Posted by
gios
Just point on #6: You can go disc without going hydraulic disc. if you’ve ever set up/recabled rim brakes, you probably have all the tools you’d need to do the same for cable-actuated disc brakes.
The biggest complaints you’ll see about adjusting cable disc brakes involves centering the rotor in the caliper when you reattach a wheel (really only a problem with QR wheels) and adjusting the pads to avoid rub and get good braking (only a problem on older/low end calipers where one pad is fixed). And even both of these problems are essentially a non-issue if you’re willing to watch 5 minutes of YouTube.
Personally, I think rim brakes are fine…but there are some real advantages to going disc these days. For one, it allows many frames to accommodate both 700c and 650b wheels. Also, last I looked the selection of wheels with wider, tubeless-compatible rims is much better in the disc brake camp.