Originally Posted by
jimc101
Sort of, the IS mount is now just about obsolete for forks, with the post mount now the standard fitting; for the frame, post mounts are becoming more common, too early to tell if this will supersede the rear IS mount as well.
Is that so? Post mounts are so rare where I live, that I have never seen a fork with one, In Real Life. I know they exist, I know what they are, I have seen pictures. But never IRL.
EDIT: to be completely explicit, I have never seen in real life a fork like this:
Originally Posted by
jimc101
Disc brakes haven't been available for several years with IS mounts, all are now sold as Post Mounts, with IS adaptors.
That's true.