weird assed caliper mount
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gazza285 said:
How do you blow the tyre up?
In regards to the original question, that does look a completely weird way of mounting the caliper, it's a standard looking RockShox fork, I'm sure you could mount the caliper more conventionally if you ended up buying the bike, unless it is just a messed up build for a press photo.
It's fine, looks like a +40 mm post to post adaptor.
More commonly seen when you want to run big rotors (200/203 mm) on a fork originally intended for a 160 mm rotor.
In this application it looks like it's a 180 mm rotor on a fork designed for 140 mm.
Removing it to make it look neater would require fitting a smaller rotor and dealing with the associated loss of brake performance.
And the missing valve is either photoshop error, or it's hiding behind the fork leg.
More commonly seen when you want to run big rotors (200/203 mm) on a fork originally intended for a 160 mm rotor.
In this application it looks like it's a 180 mm rotor on a fork designed for 140 mm.
Removing it to make it look neater would require fitting a smaller rotor and dealing with the associated loss of brake performance.
And the missing valve is either photoshop error, or it's hiding behind the fork leg.
Edited by deadtom on Wednesday 17th July 08:57
cirian75 said:
Fork is a RockShox 30 Silver 27.5”, TK Coil Spring
On a 2016 marin bobcat trail 7.5 27.5
180mm front disc
Yes so on that fork you would normally expect to see a 160 mm front rotor, the mount adaptor for which would be smaller and neater. For whatever reason the manufacturer has spec'd a 180 mm rotor which needs the slightly ungainly looking adaptor to make it fit.On a 2016 marin bobcat trail 7.5 27.5
180mm front disc
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