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The main benefit of disk brakes over rims are no more foul black gunk all over your frame in the wet and rims that will last for ever and you don't need to worry about them getting a bit out of true if you have a bash.
The fabled "awesome in the wet" depends if the wet has a load of diesel and lubricants mixed in the spray hitting the discs IME. My disc brakes lose power as soon as they get a bit of road spray on them.
In the dry my CX75 mech disc vs. Ultegra rim brakes are much of a muchness.