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You see a lot of people riding on alloy tubeless for cross and MTB, and even gravel, as those disciplines would seem "hard on wheels" and one assumes that folks don't want to invest in a set of carbon wheels they might damage. 

I disagree with the economics of that thinking, actually. While I like an alloy wheel for salty roads and general miles on a rim brake bike, once you go disc I toss that all out the window. A quality carbon disc wheel is a lifetime product. You will go through three sets of alloy rims (and rebuilds and spokes and nipples and costs) in the same time as you get good service from a carbon disc. You can nail these things against rocks and logs and such and they simply do not ding up. 

Hi Everyone. Lets to try to unravel the many mysteries of the bike industry and their various "standards".... or lack there of. There is no current lack of standards, they are just all different!

The most important thing that I want to address here is Specialized SCS. This is their "short chainstay system", which in concept is very valid. Specialized is an engineering company that sells bikes, I am an engineer that rides bikes, so I get where they are coming from. Not sure I agree with the implementation in this case, but that is OK cause we have it figured out.