Originally Posted by
Runner 1
Everyone claiming extra torque on the fork, how much more torque? I'd like a number. It's easy to throw out wild guesses of how something "might" affect something else.
I'm guessing none of us here have designed a fork and measured it with strain meters or other such lab equipment, but I do know there were some issues with early disk bikes popping wheels off under heavy braking if the QR skewers weren't tightened properly. The forces are certainly different in the fork with discs vs traditional. It would make sense to design with that in mind - this is what we have seen so far from manufacturers offering disk brakes.