Originally Posted by
Luke52
I'm running Avid rotors with Shimano calipers.
So here's the story...
I had two bikes; Apollo HT and a Giant HT. The Apollo had BB7s, the Giant had 486s. I came across a great deal on an '04 Giant NRS, but it came without wheels and chain, and needed a bit of other work.
So the wheels for the NRS came from the Apollo, rotors attached obviously.
I then got some SLX brakes for the HT, and the 486s replaced the Hayes Nines on the NRS.

I don't think there's necessarily anything wrong with it, I was just asking Banzai what his reason(s) for doing it are.