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Disc Brakes

Rim brakes; they brake adequately and its costly to replace worn rims. Disc brakes; superior braking, longer lasting and less maintenance. 
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Currently there are a few brands offering a disc brake suitable fork/triangle; I tend to stick with Kinetics!

Running discs is not too hard, you just need a new fork, triangle, disc suitable hubs and a suitable drive chain. Drive chain options would include, Nexus/Alfine/Rohloff/Sturmey Archer RK3-8/Derailleur.  

Unfortunately the BWR hub is not disc ready, or 135mm OLN so it can become a little pricey. But if you like 3 speed the cheapest option is the S-RK3 hub - http://www.sturmey-archer.com/en/products/detail/s-rk3
At £85 for the hub this option is can bring the cost down somewhat. 

I have found that a mechanical calliper with 160mm rotor is plenty of braking power even for a heavier rider.

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Here are some parts that are suitable for disc brake builds. 

Forks; 
Eerder Metaal 
Kinetics - Columbus 

Triangles;
Eerder Metaal 
Kinetics - Stainless Steel
Kinetics Integral Rack - Stainless Steel 


Hubs - Front; 100mm 
Hope Pro2/2EVO/4/RS4
Jtek 6B Dynamo 
SON 28 6B/CL

Hubs - Rear; 135mm
Shimano Nexus 
Shimano Alfine 8/11 
Rohloff Speedhub 14 
Hope Pro 2/2EVO/4/RS4
Sturmey Archer S-RK3/CS-RK3/RX-RK5/S-RK5/X-RK8

Brakes; 
TRP Spyre - work with stock brake levers (short pull)
TRP Spyke - (long pull) 
Shimano Deore M6000 
Hope Race Evo 2 ​
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