[nikau]

> Disc brakes are high maintenance: oil (leaks and water content), pads, and springs.

Wow your rim brakes don't use pads?

I've found disc brakes to be so much less hassle than rim brakes - you just remove the retaining pin, spread the pads, take out old pads, drop in new pads, re-insert retaining pin, pump the lever a few times, done.

All in all its a few minute job and less time consuming than swapping rim pads and adjusting toe in. Riding in wet conditions with sintered disc pads results in less frequent pad change than with rim brakes.

And its certainly much less time consuming than re-lacing a wheel like I used to do once the rim was worn through from rim brakes.