Originally Posted by
Tandem Tom
You mention the rotor upgrade and now that has me asking another newbie question.
How to I determine when it is time to change the rotors?
Solid steel rotors seldom wear out on road bikes - at least for the typical usage from most of us. Otherwise, consider changing it when it is warped, or gives an embarrasing squeel you can no longer tollerate, or you just have an itch
The IceTech rotor has 2 steel brake surfaces sandwiching an aluminum core, which is part of the reason it doesn't heat up like the solid steel Avid rotors. As a design trade-off, the IceTech layers (at least in theory) could separate or you could potentially melt the AL core (
reports from a German torture test lab) though I have not found a posting of anyone IRL actually accomplishing that. Ours is working great and I'm pretty light on using brakes so not worried.