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Old 09-24-09, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by jsmithy
I went with a 185mm rotor up front and a 160 in the back.
Great for high CoG mountain bike or SWB, but not on a 70r/30f, low seated LWB. They do best with the larger rotor on the rear.

Originally Posted by jsmithy
The bigger the rotor the better to disipate heat.
The larger the rotor the greater the sensitivity (read, loss of modulation). Too big and lockups will be difficult to avoid - especially on wet surfaces.
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