>>1905065yeah, that doesn't answer my question. but in response to your points:
>Minor circumstantial performance improvements irrelevant to 90% of recreational road ridersthe difference is night-and-day on a MTB, and i would agree that it's less of a jump on a road bike, but it's still better. it's nice to have disc brakes since they're most consistent in all conditions, and it's especially advantageous in the rainy shit hole where i live. people wear out rims here like i never thought possible. to be able to replace pads and a rotor instead of pads and a rim is so nice.
>Several, most importantly that you now have a big ugly lump bolted onto the side of both axles destroying all aesthetics instead of a sleek, inconspicuous caliper.subjective, and i literally do not care
>But also maintenance difficulty (or price)subjective, not difficult
>frame compliancecompliance how? like the frame and fork are stiffer? that's not true and that meme needs to die
>a bike that sounds like a clown horn when you're brakingset your brakes up correctly and use the right pads and your disc brakes won't make any more noise than a v-brake or canti would
>butcher perpetually sharpening his knife when you're notliterally not difficult to set up your brake so it's not rubbing, a non-issue
