Originally Posted by
akexpress
I personally know of three Ice rotors that have melted the alu out of the sandwich. We are one of them. IMHO they are not suitable for tandem use on big descents. I like two piece rotors but the experiment with the Ice tech is over for us. All three of the teams are experienced mountain riders and did not use them as drag brakes. YRMV.
Not quite what I wanted to read three days before D2R2!
We've had the Ice Tech on our dirt road tandem since about March this year and I've been pretty happy with it. We've done some hairy and fast dirt/trail descents but around here you don't get more than about 600 feet of vertical in a single drop. On Saturday we'll be riding D2R2 and the biggest drops are twice that.
I'm not changing out equipment this close to the event - any advice for monitoring the rotor? Any feedback on how long the descent was that killed your rotor or just how much braking you had to do?
Thanks
Steve