Maelstrom 

Good to be back Sir . Been too long, with some serious personal fights and drama. Good to be back and the rubber side down. Its been a long time

ed 

Get out of here with your positive attitude and your 17,000 posts. You probably don't even live in BC...you're probably lurking in KS.

Maelstrom 

Wow, I haven't posted in 2 years or so, and I have 17000... I must have been bored in my early days haha..

Dminor and a few other old timers (if they are around) have seen me in whistler. A few of them even ended up partying at my house... I most definitely live in heaven

Good to see ya

ps - bitter sarcasm is still in my blood. It will come out soon

dminor 

Strong drink cannot erase the images . . . but adds to the fun in trying .

cryptid01

kenhill3

I'm an old timer, not really BF old timer, but I'm older than Dminor. I'll be in Whistler in July. What's your address? What kinda beer do you have on hand? Can we stay at your place? I'm bringing my son. And the dog. The cat, too.

dminor 

You were doing fine up to that point. Then you just went over the line.

Glad to see you back! Did I miss the memo telling all the long-lost to return this week?

Maelstrom 

Joe Gardner sent it out via the bikeforums pony express. I had a really angry bike messenger show up on his FG after a long ride from NY complaining of bad drivers.. ..

Kenhill - good to see ya .. I will be living in Whistler then, but I won't be in town. I have a business trip to victoria for a week, then Dallas, then Atlanta and then to Toronto to round it off. Are you coming for Crankworx?

Maelstrom 

I recognize the face.. the posting style seems familiar.. .. .. name has definitely changed haha

dminor 

Blame that one on Siu. And, in typical 01 fashion, he comes up with something that has me scrambling for the dictionary to figure out what he means.

Bikernator

Very familiar with hydraulics as it was a concentration in my degree. My three following paragraphs (wow, that sounds sort of sad) is what I was trying to focus on. The difference in the amount of lever pull after the pads have contacted the disc, to be exact.

ed 

DAGGUM!!!! Ken Hill is back?? Mael, Gastro, Doug...one one page...this thread just made Epic status.

scyclops

Understood. Someone else already addressed your lever-pull-issue: it's housing compression.

Maelstrom 

Its like a class of 99 reunion. Where are the toga's and cute girls. *looks around*...

These parties are always much more fun in person.. haha

dminor 

And chelboed too. I think it just went from Epic to Enduro SX status.

Maybe Zeph will show up.

cryptid01

Needs moar KonaRider24, dbd, a2psykl, and ole '66.

Bikernator

Really? All that's housing compression? Interesting. Welp, thanks for the response. I'll check it out first-hand when I get back to the States.

scyclops

When you do, hold the bike still, grab the front brake lever hard, and watch what the front cable housing does.

santiago

Mods, can someone please shut the old guys up with their Big Chill reunion. They're killing this thread.

dminor 

Where've you been? Mr IGH declared it dead back on page 3.

You're just sore because nobody answered your question as to why your "disk breaks" don't have a modulation setting for "No Latte Spill."

Maelstrom 

ummmm... you are your own oxymoron (hey old timer ).. now go eat a jumbo shrimp and some poutine...

NukeouT

Can disk brakes be mounted on a frame without a disk brake braze-on? How?

When and how does the rider need to replace hydrolic brakes?

I would think that on longer rides or touring in less advanced countries with hydrolic brakes can bad as they are harder to manage. What kinds of things go wrong with them, and how would you fix them a long distance away from a repair shop that knows how to deal with them?

Maelstrom 

There used to be a company that made bolt on mounts. These were never really recommended as the pressure created by discs is quite large and they were known to break.

I am out of the loop these days so I don't know if they are still available.

Under normal, day to day riding. Never.. my old kit used to include a little extra oil and a bleed kit. With those two things you are pretty set for any road side repairs. Get a set that uses standard motocycle oil and you have a very common repair requirement. In any country.

Once you learn how to deal with them and how simple they are, with a few tools you can manage quite easily on your own. Breakage is rare though, unless you are plowing through trees at 40 clicks. haha

Maelstrom 

haha.. yes DBD and A2.. now those are flashbacks.. wow. I missed this post but was thinking the same thing.

I feel left out, am I the only one who hasn't changed my damn name hahaha

dminor 

A2Z Components still makes their DM-UNI [https://www.a2zcomponents.com/02produ...apter_05.html]. Seems like somebody here got one but never heard how it worked out. The best adapter is the Brake Therapy kit [https://2btherapy.com/bikes/brake-the...onversion-kit] but you have to REALLY want discs on that frame to pay the price.

As Maelstrom says, little can go wrong. Spare pads is all I've ever taken with me. I have a whole Hayes Stroker master parts kit that I've never had to even open. I have never had a failure in the hydraulic circuit itself.

But realistically, if I did, I figure if you can rebuild a car caliper or master cylinder, there's no reason a little bicycle brake should stymie you.