Mountain Biking - Adapting Brakes to new fork, or get new brakes?

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
Dom87SS
08-04-08, 05:27 PM
ok so i got a new fork, but the LBS didnt realize the new one had IS mounts. so i bought an adapter for a 160mm rotor but it doesn't seems to fit right. i have to wedge the rotor to get it on. obviously that aint gonna work, so i flip the bracket and it fits but i have to use the spacers to make it fit which only gives me about a 1/4" of pad surface on the rotor. another obvious wont work situation. so what do i do here? how do i find out what bracket i need without buying every adapting bracket out there? or do i splurge and buy new brakes thatll bolt right up? i dont want to if i dont have to, but a little part of me wants some nice new avid's.

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/5840/dsc01146te5.jpg
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/532/dsc01144fq3.jpg
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/340/dsc01143ez3.jpg
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/7945/dsc01140uy4.jpg
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3817/dsc01139ws4.jpg
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/9572/dsc01147np9.jpg

Cheeto
08-04-08, 05:31 PM
Is it a manitou fork?
My BB7 fits perfect without an adapter on my IS post mounts.
the BB7 would work a lot better then the tektro
DickyJ
08-04-08, 05:38 PM
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/5840/dsc01146te5.jpg


Would the 'R' written on the adaptor mean it's supposed to be at the back?
I don't use discs, so forgive me if this is ********.

dminor
08-04-08, 05:45 PM
Tektro may very well be slightly different from other's mountings (post-boss to brake-pad center). Hayes and Avid are pretty interchangeable, but . . . Tektro has their own line of adapters; I believe you need part no. 9504-20420 - - available from Universal Cycles for $5.99

http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=9504&category=496
Dom87SS
08-04-08, 05:48 PM
its a rock shox tora fork

as for the info on the bracket i was told to flip it either way to make it fit. i tired both, and both failed.

dminor - thanks for finding that stuff for me. i did not know that. i may just get that bracket after all. even though a set of hayes or avids is still on the mind.
Dannihilator
08-04-08, 07:04 PM
Nice rear adapter you got there on the fork. ;)
Dom87SS
08-04-08, 07:38 PM
are you serious, i had 2 different shops tell me this is the right one. one shop i even had my bike at and i brought it in and they said it will work.
Dannihilator
08-04-08, 07:45 PM
R means rear.