> I’ve used both rim brakes and disc brakes quite a bit now, and I’ve found disc brakes to be a lot more reliable. Rim brakes are fiddly: you can easily adjust

> I’ve used both rim brakes and disc brakes quite a bit now, and I’ve found disc brakes to be a lot more reliable. Rim brakes are fiddly: you can easily adjust them wrong and have no braking power. Disc brakes are a lot harder to screw up since they’re more self-contained. My experience is the opposite. I ride a cyclocross bike which I've had for 12 years. I've done everything on it. It has cantilever brakes, and they're just ridiculously simple to maintain. Nothing ever goes wrong with them. Every year or two I change the pads. They're incredibly forgiving. Even with the pad wearing away, I don't need to adjust anything, there's just a little bit more travel in the lever. By contrast, my partner has a disk brake on the front - same bike otherwise. It's a constant hassle, because there is so little tolerance. If the disk is slightly out of true, it makes noise. If the wheel is put on the tiniest bit incorrectly, it's unrideable. They seem to need adjusting frequently, and it's just plain fiddly. I'm going to switch to disks for my next bike, just because I'm sick of wearing out rims. For everything else I prefer rim brakes.