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Old 05-07-10 | 04:23 PM
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Avid rotor compatibility

I need to replace a warped 185mm Avid Roundagon rotor, but have only seen Cleansweeps in that size. Are all Avid rotors interchangeable? I have the BB7 brakes. Thanks
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Old 05-07-10 | 05:22 PM
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Yes.
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Unless your rotor is excessively worn just true it...but all the Avid 185s will work fine.
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As has been established, it'll be fine.
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Old 05-08-10 | 11:51 AM
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Thanks guys. I trued it the best I could awhile back, but it still slightly rubs and drives me crazy! I'll swap it out today.
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new rotors are not true either
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Old 05-08-10 | 12:15 PM
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new rotors are not true either
Exactly right. They almost always need to be trued up at least a little bit out of the box.
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Old 05-08-10 | 06:06 PM
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Truing is just something you have to do occasionally...not a big deal and certainly not worth throwing a rotor away over. Just doing it once doesn't mean a lot. It's when the braking track is worn that I stop bothering to true. If you had other than a roundagon I might say I'd take it off your hands even....
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Are the deformations in a rotor a product of imperfections in the manufacture, or just mishandling in shipping/the shop?
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Old 05-09-10 | 03:44 AM
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I replaced it with a cleansweep that was true out of the package. I'll keep the old one around for a spare, but I mangled the wheel in a wreck and bent the rotor in the process. I've never been able to get it quite straight enough to be happy with.
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