Anyone know anything about disc brakes?

Nice. I'd have a set if there were any more...

wtf! bargain

Major Tom rims

how much would you want for them? are they 32h?

Scandinavian disc break bed in rig...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYBxwzgOm2I

Hahaha! Love how the caliper blows smoke rings after burning up.

Yep, they're 32h. BLB have them for sale new at 52 quid each. 40 quid for the pair? More if postage is required though...

My weird feeling rear disc has sorted itself. No idea how but it feels normal again now after taking the wheel out a few times while fitting a mudguard. I tried re-fitting the wheel after it originally started feeling weird and it didn't fix it but I guess that must have been the problem. I'll tighten the quick release lots more now.

Probably an alignment issue that meant the leading edge of the pad was digging in to the gaps in the rotor.

Or something

That would make sense

have pmed you

Can you effectively use any rotors with any calipers? I am looking at SRAM Force cx1 group, but considering swapping out the 6 bolt 140mm rotors for centre lock 140mm rotors. Is that possible?

Great to hear that, another successfull 140mm in the back :)

Perfectly possible.

There was a time when I would steer people away from centrelock after having a hellish time dealing with a customer's horrendous brake squeal that could only be sorted by swapping the centrelock rotors and wheels out for 6 bolt variants but that was a while ago and I now run centrelock on my main bike without issue but it's not weight weenie stuff like the problem bike was.

Anyone recommend some good levers for drop bars? Using some old tektros at the moment but after a couple of steep descents this weekend I realise I need levers that are less spongy/actually stop the rear wheel for skids and that.

You need compressionless housing to make it less sloppy.

Thanks ed. Took it to be serviced last week and the lbs told me off for not using disc specific levers and that was why the brakes are spongy and they couldn't get the right amount of bite. Will see if housing makes a difference.

Exact cable pull differs between different cable discs differs slightly, but as long as you're using a road caliper with road levers you should be more or less fine. What callipers are you using?
Ed is right though, compression less housing should help, the goodridge stuff is cheap on chain reaction or TRP do a kit.
Also I've never heard of disc specific levers for cable discs on drop bars...

It will, unless you were using MTB calipers rather than road calipers.

@xkittyx that's what I thought re disc specific levers so good to know I'm not being a total noob (first bike with disc brakes I've owned). Calipers I think are bb7 mtbs so that could be why. Will check in the morning. Not long till payday...

If it is MTB calipers, then a MTB specific drop levers will help (designed to work with longer pull), even so, compressionless will still improved modulation and make it bite sharper than sloppy.

Something like these? https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/brake-levers/black-cane-creek-drop-v-brake-levers/

These are essentially the same levers, only with a different rubber hood. I use them on my Straggler with BB7 mtb calipers and they work well.

Tektro RL520

are you in london? I have a set of the levers @BareNecessities just posted you can have cheap.

ooh - yes please. I'm currently using the RL340s so happy to try and swap them to see if it makes a noticeable difference. PM incoming.

Right MTB'ers, i.e. @Howard @BareNecessities, I need a pair of 12 mm thru axles. Any recommendations or are they all much of a muchness?