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Re: sizing disc brakes

 
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Old 22-12.-2004, 01:48 AM   #1
Simon Brooke
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Default Re: sizing disc brakes

in message <Caher.1hm4ry@no-mx.forums.cyclingforums.com>, Caher
('Caher.1hm4ry@no-mx.forums.cyclingforums.com') wrote:

>
> Hi all,
> I would like to upgrade my disc brakes (Hope’s Mini Mono being the
> favourite at the moment) but do not know which size rotor I should get
> – how is this size dictated? Are there any other measurements that
> I’d need to know to upgrade?


Unless you are doing alpine downhills there's no point in an 8 inch
rotor; you aren't going to get fade on a 6 inch one on any hill in
Britain. Of course, if you think 8 inch looks cooler, that's up to you.

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