Disk brakes for Road frame

Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
http://harriscyclery.net/site/page.c...=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 wrote:
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

"Nick" wrote in message
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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

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:03:08 GMT, "Nick" wrote:

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

Great. Something else nobody needs.

Is there any end to crap that doesn't solve a problem sold to cyclists.

Ron

RonSonic wrote:
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:03:08 GMT, "Nick" wrote:

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.

Is there any end to crap 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.

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Mike Latondresse wrote:
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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.

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.c...=49&SKU=FK1268

Jeff

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.


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meb

meb wrote:

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.

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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"Nick" wrote in message
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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

"Nick" wrote in message ...

"Nick" wrote in message
.uk...
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?