Originally Posted by
Trakhak
Whichever GCN bright bulb came up with the idea of welding disk brake mounts on a conventional fork should go back to clown college. Disk brakes require a fork specifically designed to take the associated stresses. Otherwise, you turn the fork into a ticking time bomb:
Not to mention current disk brake bikes typically have through axles, so the brake doesn't wrest the wheel out of the drop-outs.