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the reliablity of the disc brakes no doubt have improved dramatically since they've been introducted to bicycles, but the point of having one on a touring bikes, of which sometime ridden through 3rd world country, is somewhat useless when you can't get part for it, whether a canti brakes has been around for years and not so hard to set up and get part for.