You are reading a single comment by @mcJ78 and its replies. Click here to read the full conversation.
  • 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.

  • 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...

  • That's understandable. I've never ridden anything other than 160mm. Looking forward to trying a tandem this weekend with 203mm rotor up front.

About

Avatar for mcJ78 @mcJ78 started