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Not into discs at all, despite their advantages. Do not like. Don't like squeals, sensitivity to contamination, hydraulic hassles or constant cable adjustment (although hybrid is a great compromise on that score), pad rub at the drop of a hat, otherwise unnecessary and asymmetric frameset reinforcement, front wheel dish and minimum 24h, fugly rotors and hydro levers.
That's a longer list of cons than consumable rims, limited wet braking and possibly inferior modulation, although those are admittedly bigger cons. I like the purity, but not an absolutist since I'm down with Di2.
And yeah, not interested in QRs, but allen head or anti theft skewers are a lovely way to secure a wheel (even though I do feel it's a bit light-on).
Kimmo
snottyotter
It's fine, people have got away with Ti and even aluminium skewers. Modern hub axles are stiffer than old skinny steel ones, carbon forks are usually stiffer in lateral flexion than old lightweight steel ones, the QR clamping force holding the whole edifice together is more than adequate.
The only people who actually need QR wheels are pros with following cars, and they have abandoned them since the manufacturers forced disc brakes on them for commercial reasons. The only people who are not better off with disc brakes are pros with following cars...