Based on how you've described the conditions you ride in and where you live, it doesn't seem to make any sense why you would outfit that particular bike with disc brakes.
In terms of obsolesce, there is no way rim brakes are going anywhere for a looong time. No need to be concerned with that.
I just so happened to be finishing my own custom steel bike (it's at paint right now), and I decided to go disc. This bike is designed around having a max of 700x40 and 650b x 50, so discs for sure on this build. My personal opinion is that discs make sense when the intended use of the bike is for mainly off-pavement and using tires bigger than 32mm.
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In terms of obsolesce, there is no way rim brakes are going anywhere for a looong time. No need to be concerned with that.
I just so happened to be finishing my own custom steel bike (it's at paint right now), and I decided to go disc. This bike is designed around having a max of 700x40 and 650b x 50, so discs for sure on this build. My personal opinion is that discs make sense when the intended use of the bike is for mainly off-pavement and using tires bigger than 32mm.
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Bonesbrigade: Mar 21, 17 8:45