I need some help with this: I travel with my bike a lot, to places like India, Sri Lanka, and remote places in Indonesia. I have always used V brakes for the simple reason that if they break, there is a place that can fix them, even if they have to jury rig something, every 3 miles or so, even in remote areas.

How prone to breaking are the hydraulics disks? Sounds like if I break down in teh wron gplace, it may even be a plane ride out of the country somewhere before I can ride again, no?

Reason I ask is I need a new bike, high end crosscountry is what I want to buy, such as a Kona, but nearly all the good bikes nowdays have disks, and it's hard to find one with V's anymore. \

Thanks anybody

Jack