Mountain Biking - upgrading brakes on a Giant brand

Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.

PDA

View Full Version : upgrading brakes on a Giant brand

duncan2002003

08-27-07, 10:30 AM

I am wanting to upgrade my brakes to disc brakes on a 2006 Giant Mountain Bike. Anyone got any ideas on what type of brake and cost? Right now the brakes are the old type of clinchers and I need more stopping power.

ilikebikes

08-27-07, 11:38 AM

I found these on flea bay, NICE! :) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150154208184&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm37%26satitle%3D 150154208184%26category0%3D%26fvi%3D1 no, not my listing :)

madcap

08-27-07, 11:50 AM

'08 Avid BB7s on cambriabike.com for $50 each. You can get some Avid FR-5 levers to work with them for another $15-20 for the pair.

Evilbee

08-27-07, 01:06 PM

Bear in mind that your hubs, frame and fork maybe not be disc compatible. Most frames and suspension forks are disc compatible nowadays, so the most likely thing to up the cost a bit is your hubs.