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That makes sense if your using a post mount caliper on a flat mount fork. You can adjust the caliper relative to the adapter rather than the fork.
But if you use a flat mount caliper on a flat mount fork you still have to loosen the adapter bolts to the fork. So I guess it simply looks nicer and that's it. Weird.
Pete4Eyes
No problem :) I just didnt understand your comment.
Howard was talking about having separate bolts for the fork and caliper because people screw up the bolt threads over time. This way you can adjust the caliper position and fiddle around, and if/when the threads break you can replace a cheap part and not the whole fork.
(or read earlier in this discussion thread ^)