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Bike looks great!
Just wondering - isn't the point of 140mm rotors to save weight? It seems silly when you have to mount a bigger adapter to make it fit..
The bike industry is a silly place.
MisterMikkel-
Cheers!
I know - they'd probably look nice & neat on an integrated mount without any adapters but this is defo not the most elegant solution! The rotors came with the wheels so I decided to work with them & see if they were any good before swapping things round - they should be fine in theory as i'm not overly heavy & this bike won't see any epic mountain descents.
Popped the pads out there to check & they're looking a bit glazed, the rotors were a bit scored too so that won't have helped either - everything's now been given a good rub down with wet & dry so hopefully there'll be some front end braking on the way home as i'm planning to leave work early & turn an 18 mile commute into about 30 to give this a bit more of a test run.
@hoops - reassuring, cheers - in retrospect I should have clicked when the rear was more powerful than the front...
mcJ78
Finally finished putting this thing together - first commute in this morning & first impressions are pretty good, needs a bit of tweaking here & there and the front pads need upgraded, badly, but overall not too shabby. Still needs mudguards. The fork / disc mount area looks like it's melted due to the curve of the fork combined with the droopy looking 140 mount - this will annoy me & eventually be replaced with a 160
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