Anyone using Alfine hub with disc brakes?
10-08-08, 01:06 AM
#1
Full Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Posts: 290
Bikes: Civia Bryant, Tern Eclipse UNO, Brompton
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Anyone using Alfine hub with disc brakes?
Hi,
I know the Alfine comes with the ability to work with disc brakes but my question is. Can you use any 6 bolt ISO disc brake on the hub? Looking at all schematics it looks like you have to use a Shimano supplied disc brake, however, also on the schematic it looks like the inside of this may be removable and you can add your own disc brake?? Or is the shimano one fixed directly on there and you cant remove it?
Thanks for any advice.
Ray
I know the Alfine comes with the ability to work with disc brakes but my question is. Can you use any 6 bolt ISO disc brake on the hub? Looking at all schematics it looks like you have to use a Shimano supplied disc brake, however, also on the schematic it looks like the inside of this may be removable and you can add your own disc brake?? Or is the shimano one fixed directly on there and you cant remove it?
Thanks for any advice.
Ray
10-08-08, 07:59 AM
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Montréal, QC, Canada
Posts: 4,510
Bikes: 2005 Kona Blast; 2005 Turner Flux, 2006 Felt F3C
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Hi,
I know the Alfine comes with the ability to work with disc brakes but my question is. Can you use any 6 bolt ISO disc brake on the hub? Looking at all schematics it looks like you have to use a Shimano supplied disc brake, however, also on the schematic it looks like the inside of this may be removable and you can add your own disc brake?? Or is the shimano one fixed directly on there and you cant remove it?
Thanks for any advice.
Ray
I know the Alfine comes with the ability to work with disc brakes but my question is. Can you use any 6 bolt ISO disc brake on the hub? Looking at all schematics it looks like you have to use a Shimano supplied disc brake, however, also on the schematic it looks like the inside of this may be removable and you can add your own disc brake?? Or is the shimano one fixed directly on there and you cant remove it?
Thanks for any advice.
Ray
10-09-08, 09:52 AM
#5
cyclopath
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Victoria, BC
Posts: 5,264
Bikes: Surly Krampus, Surly Straggler, Pivot Mach 6, Bike Friday Tikit, Bike Friday Tandem, Santa Cruz Nomad
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 6 Times
in
6 Posts
I'm no Alfine expert [I've got a Nexus 8 and Rohloff], but I was looking at an Alfine and it seemed to me you needed to use a Shimano centrelock disc rotor or an adaper to use a 6 bolt disc rotor.
10-09-08, 09:10 PM
#6
Full Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Posts: 290
Bikes: Civia Bryant, Tern Eclipse UNO, Brompton
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Ya that is what I was afraid of. Shimano does not seem to make an adapter and the rotor that they make appears to be a standard rotor attached to an adapter, at least from the way it looks in the drawings. But, I think the rotor is probably permanantly fastend to the adaptor, i.e. one unit.. vs being able to pull off just the rotor and slap on a 3rd party. Guess the only way to really find out is to order the rotor and have a looksy.
