[lincolnturns]

Help.

08 Commencal Furious and Hope Mono 6tis. Fronts mounted fine to the 66 up front. Rears are post mount to post mount, but the biggest piston chamber on the caliper hits the frame = FAIL. If I space out the caliper say 2/8" I can mount it but then I miss that amount of grab on the 203mm rotor. See pics. Hope USA said to "notch the frame". I think it's a horrible idea. Anyone have any solutions? Or wanna trade me a Mono 4 rear for my 6? (Last resort)...

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Looks like (from the photos) that if you were to "notch" the frame, you'd have the caliper body resting on the rotor = bad. Looks kinda ok right there...maybe get a longer bolt and some spacers (MOAR SHIMZ!!!) for the front post mount. Might need an adjustable angle spacer set akin to the Avid BB7 right where the caliper mount would meet the top of the spacer stack since it's not perfectly perpendicular.

Hopefully someone has better advice than that...but that's my "duct tape and zip tie" view for ya.

 

[HAB]

I'm with Hope. There's a ton of extraneous material there, take a file to it.

 

[demo 9]

I'm with Hope. There's a ton of extraneous material there, take a file to it.

 

[lincolnturns]

To the first reply....IF I were to get the caliper to mount flush with the post mounts on the frame it would sit on the rotor perfectly. Don't want to take a chance at ruining the resale value of the bike either if I dump the frame in a year or so because I decided to "file away" some of the frame to get the brake to fit. Or is that not a big deal if all is structurally sound? No doubt there is a TON of extra material built up around the posts.

 

[sanjuro]

Notch the frame.

Really just the brake mount. I've seen it done. No biggie.

 

[lincolnturns]

Hmmmm. Maybe time for a dremel.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

To the first reply....IF I were to get the caliper to mount flush with the post mounts on the frame it would sit on the rotor perfectly. Don't want to take a chance at ruining the resale value of the bike either if I dump the frame in a year or so because I decided to "file away" some of the frame to get the brake to fit. Or is that not a big deal if all is structurally sound? No doubt there is a TON of extra material built up around the posts.

Ah. I was a little fuzzy from the photo. Notch it.

 

[demo 9]

BEFORE you drill(if u do) call and make sure it isnt hollow

 

[ultraNoob]

Be a shame to bust out the dremel on such a pretty bike but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. If you go that route, maybe find some nail polish that matches so your grind job isn't so noticable.

Some out of the box thinking yielded this...

9" hayes rotor
Avid tri-align washers and mounting bolts.

 

[ultraNoob]

BEFORE you drill(if u do) call and make sure it isnt hollow

It's part of the drop out so I think it would be very unlikely that that portion would be hollow. None the less, making sure doesn't hurt either.

 

[lincolnturns]

Very good point. Hollow is no good. If you look down on the frame section it actually tapers to a point between the posts on the brake mount so highly unlikely its hollow. Doesn't need much to fit flush.

 

[Huck Banzai]

Do a neat job, and get some touch up paint.

Or you could get the M4.


ORR you could win and just get '10 Saints. (Someone has to be an azzhat!)

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Hope makes some spacers for that caliper (looks like little Lego pieces) Also I believe the rotor size should be a 205mm not a 203mm. So with the spacers and a 205mm rotor it may work with little modifications.

 

[lincolnturns]

Azzhat. You said it not me...

 

[lincolnturns]

And they are HOPE floating 203mm rotors, why SHOULD they be 205?

 

[Brian HCM#1]

And they are HOPE floating 203mm rotors, why SHOULD they be 205?

I believe they were 205's, I know mine are.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Here is a pic of the adaptors, kinda hard to see though. These brakes are 2004's.

and another

 

[lincolnturns]

Ahh I see. I have those brackets too for IS mounts. Bought a Dremel yesterday, gonna do some shavin this afternoon. I'll post pics when I'm done.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

It's the little pieces between the adaptor & caliper

 

[lincolnturns]

Pretty psyched on the results. Looks REALLY clean and didn't remove too much material at all. Started by marking where it hit, rough grinding, smoothing it out all with the dremel, then sanded with some 800 and then 1200 and clear coated it. Mounted those bad boys up and I'm ready to roll.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Rock 'n roll...

 

[buildyourown]

I'd buy a brake that fits. Notching the frame would work, but you'll be SOL if it breaks. You will get zero warranty love and still have a frame and brake that don't mesh.

 

[ultraNoob]

I'd buy a brake that fits. Notching the frame would work, but you'll be SOL if it breaks. You will get zero warranty love and still have a frame and brake that don't mesh.

DOH, if only you said that BEFORE he went to work on it