[DirtMcGirk]

I moved some money to put together the wife's new Demo 7.

I found the pink brakes of my dreams. Hope Mono Mini, in pink.

Downside, 160mm rotors.

She weighs 145, is a new rider to DH, is a little heavy handed on the stoppers.

Would she nuke the Mono Minis?
Would she get spongy brakes by the end of the day on 160mm rotors?

I am at a total loss with this bike because I am so used to building them out for me, which means big brakes, stiff springs, resistant materials.

Help is always appreciated.

 

[DirtyMike]

You should be fine, just know she will go through pads in the front, There anyway to adapt the fronts to an 8 in???

 

[DirtyMike]

http://www.hopetechusa.com/voir_ADAPTSTAND.html


Looks like there is

 

[jonKranked]

In most instances, the only thing that dictates what size rotor you can use is the mounting adapter (and the size of the rotor itself).

 

[stoney]

Are you kidding? How long have you been DH'ing? I remember the day I had the chance to get a 6" disc up front instead of my magura rim brakes. That was a glorious day. Getting dual 6 was amazing! You kids these days are spoiled by lightweight dual 8"....

 

[dropmachine]

Are you kidding? How long have you been DH'ing? I remember the day I had the chance to get a 6" disc up front instead of my magura rim brakes. That was a glorious day. Getting dual 6 was amazing! You kids these days are spoiled by lightweight dual 8"....

The man has a point.

 

[stiksandstones]

Nicolas Vouilloz and Steve Peat have won world cups with 6" rotors.....its all good.

 

[Dogboy]

Nicolas Vouilloz and Steve Peat have won world cups with 6" rotors.....its all good.

Call me crazy, but I somehow doubt his wife has the skills of Peaty or the Alien. Just sayin'...

 

[offtheedge]

Call me crazy, but I somehow doubt his wife has the skills of Peaty or the Alien. Just sayin'...

Nor will she be carrying half, hell, a quarter the speed of those guys.

She'll be fine unless she is just a monster rider on WC style runs.

 

[DirtMcGirk]

Mostly for Whistler, Northstar, Colonnade and Flopark.

 

[AZRacerX]

Nicolas Vouilloz and Steve Peat have won world cups with 6" rotors.....its all good.

That's because they don't use the brakes.

 

[stoney]

I gurrantee Peaty uses brakes. Watch Transcontinental, you can hear his Hopes from half way up the course.

 

[WestCoastHucker]

i used to run dh04's on 155mm rotors front and back with no issues. i'm pushing 200lbs...

 

[Zman]

jjust get a new 203 rotor and an adaptor. it isnt hard. hell all the post mount brakes out there are 6" rotors, unles syou get an adaptor for 8in. you can run any brake as an 8" with the right adaptor

 

[WestCoastHucker]

just a thought, if you up the size to an 8" rotor, won't you lose the pink rotor carrier?

 

[DirtMcGirk]

just a thought, if you up the size to an 8" rotor, won't you lose the pink rotor carrier?

Exactly, which is a big part of what you're paying for.
That rotor is the tits.

 

[stoney]

Exactly, which is a big part of what you're paying for.
That rotor is the tits.

If my slalom bike with 6" Hope Mini's (which I ride to DH too) can slow down my 225# ass, they can slow down your wife on a DH bike.

 

[Iridemtb]

I heard Sam Hill is running brakeless at Mont-Saint-Anne...

 

[SupaTone]

Dude, the pink stuff certainly looks the snizzle! Here are the Mono M4 in pink... (160 rotor rear, 203 front)

http://www.followmydream.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51

 

[Gary]

Nicolas Vouilloz and Steve Peat have won world cups with 6" rotors.....its all good.

By that reasoning, V-brakes would do

...actually, they would!!
beginners are spoilt these days

 

[Brian HCM#1]

If my slalom bike with 6" Hope Mini's (which I ride to DH too) can slow down my 225# ass, they can slow down your wife on a DH bike.

Do you even ride anymore?

 

[jon-boy]

I run the Mono Mini's on my do everything bike. I'm 200lbs and those brakes have been super reliable since I fitted them. This is for fast Moab/Fruita singletrack to steep on the brakes technical North Shore/Squamish BC style riding. They have a new master cylinder material in them that isolates the fluid from the heat at the pad and it seems to work. I think for her weight these brakes will work just fine.

 

[stoney]

Do you even ride anymore?

Up until I f*ed my back, yes. And I will when my back heals. I just don't race anymore.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Up until I f*ed my back, yes. And I will when my back heals. I just don't race anymore.

Just duct tape it and ride, racing sucks anyways.

 

[mrpercussive]

160 in the rear... really dont need that big a rotor there. In the front though, 203mm for sure...