Internet guru =/= real life guruYou have almost seven thousand post on a bike forum and you can't work out how to mount a brake?
Nah. I was just too lazy to take everything apart to make it fit.Internet guru =/= real life guru
Which is dandy, but after over 10 years with the same standard, it's a pain for anybody with the old standard.Radical...same standard for the fork and frame. Go figure.
fixed.You have almost seven thousand post IN THE LOUNGE on a bike forum and you can't work out how to mount a brake?
Taking off the adapter is a pain?Which is dandy, but after over 10 years with the same standard, it's a pain for anybody with the old standard.
No, needing a new adapter is a pain. I have a stack of IS adapters from 140-200mm. Now, I need to get another one adapter to run 180mm.Taking off the adapter is a pain?
just ribbing the joker for having a bike related post in the lounge.You could have added an s to post to fix my poor spelling, ahh I don't look in the lounge all that often.
I get where you are coming from. I just chucked a bundle of brake adapters they have been laying around for a while. It does get silly after a while.No, needing a new adapter is a pain. I have a stack of IS adapters from 140-200mm. Now, I need to get another one adapter to run 180mm.
I understand the manufacturers want to generate revenue by intentionally making their product obsolete (see iPhone 5 for example). However given how much material is now suddenly obsolete, its wasteful - both monetarily and in materials.
And that is the nature of building bikes, cars, motorcycles, etc. Final cost will typically be 20% over your highest estimate.Yeah, what's another $40 bucks on a bike build... Almost $200 in on new parts I had not expected to need.
Oh yeah. And it will be necessary. I can put the 6" back on, but we know how well that worked out for me before. Plus, this will be way more situated for DH than the 575.Just in the interest of using what you may have, as well as the whole mass + velocity thing; can you fit a 8" rotor on the back of that frame?
No. I am just used to putting parts on once, right, and never having to deal with it again.S-s-s-stoney is now more used to changing diapers than brakes
I can understand the brake and f. der changing. What I had not planned for and am still a bit pissed about was not being able to get the HS out of the 575. The local Yeti dealer, who does huge volume, doesn't have the Yeti headset extraction tool. I ended up spending $80 to get a headset for the frame. I'll probably have to eat retail on a new 9-speed D-type front der too. That's going to be $80 easily for an SLX.And that is the nature of building bikes, cars, motorcycles, etc. Final cost will typically be 20% over your highest estimate.
Unless one of you guys has a single ring guide for a 32-tooth I can use, I'm out. I don't have a front der.The first thing I thought when I saw the thread title was "Oh h3ll... Jokey's tryin' ta put the champagne Hayes mags he had on that DH-9, on his SB." Glad to hear you're at least using stoppers from this century...
In other news, do either of you girls (Jokester or Nick) wanna ride Chimpex or All Whites tomorrow morning? Thinking pedaling by 8 or so, gotta be back to the house to (hopefully) sell the 5. The LBG will be along as well, just to crush us completely on whatever climb we end up on.
No stress, I'm thinking the LBG and I might ride just the two of us. You know, a little QTWTGF ain't ever a bad thing, especially if it involves screaming "STRAVA!" at unsuspecting hikers in the early morning hours.Unless one of you guys has a single ring guide for a 32-tooth I can use, I'm out. I don't have a front der.
Also, I had Hope's on my DH9. With my mass and the straight line tendencies of that beast, I actually needed brake power to stop.
Let me know if you find any wookie folk that want to buy my 575.
The thing here is that I bet 90% of rear disc brakes are 160mm.No, needing a new adapter is a pain. I have a stack of IS adapters from 140-200mm. Now, I need to get another one adapter to run 180mm.
I understand the manufacturers want to generate revenue by intentionally making their product obsolete (see iPhone 5 for example). However given how much material is now suddenly obsolete, its wasteful - both monetarily and in materials.