> How much mileage do you get on disc vs rim brakes? Mileage isn't comparable for brake wear, what matters is time spent braking. I'm on the first set of rim

> How much mileage do you get on disc vs rim brakes? Mileage isn't comparable for brake wear, what matters is time spent braking. I'm on the first set of rim brake pads on my 2006 road bike, probably over 10K miles! But that's because it's a road bike where I do long rides mostly in steady state, sometimes hours without braking. So the miles and years go by without much brake wear. On my mountain bikes I get 2-3 years out of the disk brake pads, not sure of mileage but it'll be low. My average MTB ride is 5-8 miles vs. my average road bike ride of 50-70 miles. Out of this I wouldn't say the rim brakes last longer, it's just that on the mountain bike I'm constantly on the brakes, often hard, so it's not even remotely comparable. That said, hydraulic disk brakes are pretty much an absolute requirement on a mountain bike if you're riding in any kind of terrain, so it's a moot point. I wouldn't want a rim brake mountain bike even if you paid me to drive it! Whereas on a road bike I don't care either way, the brakes aren't that important.