Think I want a touring bike?

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.

Have you ever used a disc brake? BB7s (which I keep mentioning as they are the benchmark for touring discs) are much easier to set up than cantis and their reliability is very well proven as the same design has been around for years.