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Disks on a cross bike

  • 15-06-2010 1:42pm
    #1
    brownian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭


    Hiyiz,

    I'm thinking of replacing the steel fork on my cross/road (it's an Airborne Carpe Diem cross bike, but I use it solely for road riding) bike with a Kinesis alloy cross fork; this fork has disk mounting options, and so I'm thinking of upgrading the cantis to an Avid Ball Bearing 5 Road setup.

    Has anyone else done this, or similar ? What's the consensus regarding disks on road bikes ?

    I know that sidepull ("normal" road) brakes can be pretty good, and they're lighter than disks, but I can't get them onto my cross forks, and putting on a road fork will likely mess up the overall geometry of the bike.

    Opinions welcome!


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  • #2
    ryan_sherlock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 885 ✭✭✭ryan_sherlock


    They should work well (see lots of guys in the US with that setup) but you wont be able to race with them in Ireland. CI default to UCI rules which states no disc brakes.

    .. but if you are not racing, go for it .. that and tubeless wheels are the best upgrades you can make to an MTB.


  • #3
    brownian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭brownian


    ryan_sherlock wrote: »
    They should work well (see lots of guys in the US with that setup) but you wont be able to race with them in Ireland. CI default to UCI rules which states no disc brakes.

    .. but if you are not racing, go for it .. that and tubeless wheels are the best upgrades you can make to an MTB.

    Thanks, Ryan. But it's a road bike I'm thinking of upgrading. Racing isn't an issue, indeed!

    It's occurred to me subsequently that to do this upgrade I not only need disk-enabled forks, but also disk-enabled wheels, which means my lovely Neutron Ultra wheels would need to be replaced.... not sure I'm ready for that level of commitment :)


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