Disc brake on my fixed build?
04-17-07 | 09:43 PM
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Disc brake on my fixed build?
I have just purchased the 2007 fetish attack frame on ebay : https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...3606&rd=1&rd=1
The thought just occured to me that it might be fun to buy a cyclocross fork and install (or have installed) a disc brake. Is this practical and have you ever heard of anyone doing this? Maybe it's crazy but I have always just preffered the stopping power of the disc. Let me know
Levi
The thought just occured to me that it might be fun to buy a cyclocross fork and install (or have installed) a disc brake. Is this practical and have you ever heard of anyone doing this? Maybe it's crazy but I have always just preffered the stopping power of the disc. Let me know
Levi
04-17-07 | 11:54 PM
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Your frame looks to have an integrated headset which is going to limit your options in disc forks but I'm sure there are a few out there.
04-18-07 | 12:36 AM
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and if it has a disc brake, then it is not a cyclocross fork. they're not allowed to use discs in cyclocross AFAIK.
a solid MTB fork is what you mean, i think.
go for it, i love the disc brakes in the mud and the wet.
a solid MTB fork is what you mean, i think.
go for it, i love the disc brakes in the mud and the wet.
04-18-07 | 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by urodacus
and if it has a disc brake, then it is not a cyclocross fork. they're not allowed to use discs in cyclocross AFAIK.
a solid MTB fork is what you mean, i think.
go for it, i love the disc brakes in the mud and the wet.
a solid MTB fork is what you mean, i think.
go for it, i love the disc brakes in the mud and the wet.
04-18-07 | 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by LeviPounds1
I have just purchased the 2007 fetish attack frame on ebay : https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...3606&rd=1&rd=1
The thought just occured to me that it might be fun to buy a cyclocross fork and install (or have installed) a disc brake. Is this practical and have you ever heard of anyone doing this? Maybe it's crazy but I have always just preffered the stopping power of the disc. Let me know
Levi
The thought just occured to me that it might be fun to buy a cyclocross fork and install (or have installed) a disc brake. Is this practical and have you ever heard of anyone doing this? Maybe it's crazy but I have always just preffered the stopping power of the disc. Let me know
Levi
04-18-07 | 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by fatbat
I've done this. There are cheap 700c disc-only forks available from kona and dimension- i don't know if they'll work with integrated headset. The kona is straight blade, which may match the frame a bit better. You'll need a disc front hub wheel, any mtb front hub will do nicely. The new formula hydraulic disc brakes are great, and can be modified to fit road bars.
04-18-07 | 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by dutret
once again integrated headsets do not limit your fork options beyond 1 1/8th threadless.
The real "problem" is that most disc-compatible road forks are cylocross forks, therefore are have significantly longer axle->crown lengths. Slapping a longer fork on your track frame is going to slacken out your headtube angle and mess with your steering geometry
04-18-07 | 10:23 AM
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If you try really hard, you could run disks in the rear:
04-18-07 | 10:52 AM
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I used a Dimension cyclocross fork on mine. This one:
https://www.universalcycles.com/shopp...5&category=633
Much quicker stopping than rim brakes- and I still havent thrown myself off the front.
https://www.universalcycles.com/shopp...5&category=633
Much quicker stopping than rim brakes- and I still havent thrown myself off the front.
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04-18-07 | 11:33 AM
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To add an anecdote, I had a MTB with Shimano V-brakes. I switched to Avid BB7 mechanical disks. The increase in pure stopping power was amazing, and I was able to attack some incredibly steep technical downhill that was impossible before. FYI, I'm 250 lbs.
04-18-07 | 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 12XU
Many cyclocross bikes and forks come with disc brakes. Only in UCI-sanctioned races are you required to use rim brakes...
OK, thanks for the info. now i know better!
my knowledge of cyclocross is purely from the web and magazines... never done it meself.
and in taiwan there is basically no cross country let alone cyclo cross, so i barely ride my XC MTB here anyway. lots of almost suicidal down hill stuff, but no long XC near me at all.
