Disk brakes for Road frame

Nick said:

Anyone know of disk brakes to fit a road frame ?
As in retro.

Nick

Retrofit?
Retroactive?
Retrograde?
Retrorocket?
Retrospective?
Don't keep us in the dark here...

? and the Mysterians

Nick said:

Anyone know of disk brakes to fit a road frame ?
As in retro.

Nick

Cannondale has a cyclocross bike with disks which may work on a road
frame.

Nick said:

Anyone know of disk brakes to fit a road frame ?
As in retro.

Nick

http://www.redlinebicycles.com/

Redline Conquest Disc R uses Avid mechanical disk brakes. As for
retrofitting them to a non disk specific frame, you would need a new
fork of course for the front disk, and maybe there is some kind of
thing you can bolt onto the chainstay/seatstay corner of the rear frame
to take the rear disk.

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Nick said:

Anyone know of disk brakes to fit a road frame ?
As in retro.

Nick

http://www.redlinebicycles.com/

Redline Conquest Disc R uses Avid mechanical disk brakes. As for
retrofitting them to a non disk specific frame, you would need a new
fork of course for the front disk, and maybe there is some kind of
thing you can bolt onto the chainstay/seatstay corner of the rear
frame to take the rear disk.

And disc hubs for the wheels.

Dave Thompson said:

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Nick said:

Anyone know of disk brakes to fit a road frame ?
As in retro.

Nick

http://www.redlinebicycles.com/

Redline Conquest Disc R uses Avid mechanical disk brakes. As for
retrofitting them to a non disk specific frame, you would need a

new

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fork of course for the front disk, and maybe there is some kind of
thing you can bolt onto the chainstay/seatstay corner of the rear
frame to take the rear disk.

And disc hubs for the wheels.

You're right. I don't think it makes much sense retrofitting a non
disc bike to take disc brakes. But...

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You're right. I don't think it makes much sense retrofitting a non
disc bike to take disc brakes. But...

My son put a front mechanical disk on a fixie (using a new fork) and it
works really well as rim wear is a significant factor in our very rainy
winters.

Mike Latondresse said:

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Quoted message said:

You're right. I don't think it makes much sense retrofitting a non
disc bike to take disc brakes. But...

My son put a front mechanical disk on a fixie (using a new fork) and

it

Quoted message said:

works really well as rim wear is a significant factor in our very

rainy

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winters.

That's a bunch of work for a retrofit. On the other hand, I've heard
that putting disk mounts on a non-disk fork is problematic. Here's a
700C fork with a disk brake mount:
http://harriscyclery.net/site/page.cfm?PageID=49&SKU=FK1268

Jeff

Mike Latondresse said:

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Quoted message said:

You're right. I don't think it makes much sense retrofitting a non
disc bike to take disc brakes. But...

My son put a front mechanical disk on a fixie (using a new fork) and

it

Quoted message said:

works really well as rim wear is a significant factor in our very

rainy

Quoted message said:

winters.

That's a bunch of work for a retrofit. On the other hand, I've heard
that putting disk mounts on a non-disk fork is problematic. Here's a
700C fork with a disk brake mount:
http://harriscyclery.net/site/page.cfm?PageID=49&SKU=FK1268

Jeff

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http://harriscyclery.net/site/page.cfm?PageID=49&SKU=FK1268

"The Demension Cross fork" hehe

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

Phil said:

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http://harriscyclery.net/site/page.cfm?PageID=49&SKU=FK1268

"The Demension Cross fork" hehe

Yo, Squid- it could be worse. It could be the Fifth Dimension.

Jeff

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Nick said:

Anyone know of disk brakes to fit a road frame ?
As in retro.

Retro fit. Fit them now after a yr of owning the bike.

Nick

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Anyone know of disk brakes to fit a road frame ?
As in retro.

Prob best to spk to a framebuilder that could TIG weld
on some mountings.

Nick

Nick said:

Anyone know of disk brakes to fit a road frame ?
As in retro.

Great. Something else nobody needs.

Is there any end to [censored] that doesn't solve a problem sold to cyclists.

Ron

RonSonic said:

Nick said:

Anyone know of disk brakes to fit a road frame ?
As in retro.

Great. Something else nobody needs.

You are mistaken. At least one person needs it.

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Is there any end to [censored] that doesn't solve a problem sold to

cyclists.

The problem of premature rim wear? An arguable benefit in terms of
cost, but real nonetheless.

E.P.

quote=''Mike Latondresse said:

[email hidden] wrote in news:1106618300.255341.12130
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Quoted message said:

You're right. I don't think it makes much sense retrofitting a non
disc bike to take disc brakes. But...

My son put a front mechanical disk on a fixie (using a new fork) and

it

Quoted message said:

works really well as rim wear is a significant factor in our very

rainy

Quoted message said:

winters.

That's a bunch of work for a retrofit. On the other hand, I've heard
that putting disk mounts on a non-disk fork is problematic. Here's a
700C fork with a disk brake mount:
http://harriscyclery.net/site/page.cfm?PageID=49&SKU=FK1268

Jeff[/QUOTE]

You could also go with a mountain bike fork. There normally is ample tire clearance, just wrong rim brake placement which is moot due the disc brake. That would of course change your head tube angle and trail.

meb said:

You could also go with a mountain bike fork. There normally is ample
tire clearance, just wrong rim brake placement which is moot due the
disc brake.

Good suggestion. Actually, many disc-type mtb forks are coming without
canti studs these days.

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That would of course change your head tube angle and
trail

Actually, not nearly as much as you might expect. Modern MTB forks are
either suspension forks or are "suspension corrected" rigid forks, with
tons of clearance above the tire.

I was running a Rock Shox suspension fork on my IRO Jamie Roy fixed gear
for a while, with a skinny 559 wheel and the handling was just fine.
The only reason I stopped was to use the fork for another project.
..
See: http://sheldonbrown.org/iro

The bike has a sloping top tube even with the plastic "road" fork I was
using before installing the boinger.

At the moment the plastic fork is back, and the new plan for the IRO
involves converting to 584 mm (650B) wheels.

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Anyone know of disk brakes to fit a road frame ?
As in retro.

My local bike shop has fitted a rear disk brake, mechanical.

It fits onto the dropout !

Nick

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Anyone know of disk brakes to fit a road frame ?
As in retro.

My local bike shop has fitted a rear disk brake, mechanical.

It fits onto the dropout !

What do you think so far? What kind of disk, and what kind of brake levers do you use?