Adding a front disc to a road bike !! And Now Hydro!
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:58 pm
Well, after much discussion, watching others, and a few panic braking moves in the wet at night, the decison was taken to add a front disc to my '07 Argon18 Platinum road bike.
After much discussion re the effects of putting on a fork with different dimensions here and some tinkering in BikeCad, I purchased this Mosso Alloy Disc fork for the princely sum of $65 delivered.
The Axle/Crown height is about 25mm longer, but it will do the job of proving whether the effect is big enough to warrant something that is closer to the correct length (a custom Woundup Team X Disc at a pricey USD$475).
I sourced a Magura front hub (relabelled DT Swiss 240s allegedly - weighs the same, looks the same and has the same dimensions) for $35 delivered.
After some more investigation, I decided to give the new Velocity A23 rims a burl, as they were locally made, and similarish in price to a pair of Open Pro's (which I already use). They have a good rap, so why not. They have been ordered from the LBS at $100 a pop.
Spokes, DT Competition (2.0/1.8/2.0) will come from starbike.com, as even with a shipping charge of about 30 euro, they are still heaps cheaper.
The headset (after much teeth gnashing and a bit of wailing - read here), followed the recommendation from Cane Creek and purchased the IS-3 (short) - but it is out of stock .
At the same time, I ordered the Avid BB7 Road setup, which is also out of stock .
Overall, the setup should cost me about $410 in total.
One could easily argue that I should just buy a 2010 Kona Honky Inc for $2299 and be done with it, but where is the fun in that ....
Standby to standby for some pics and details once all the bits come in
After much discussion re the effects of putting on a fork with different dimensions here and some tinkering in BikeCad, I purchased this Mosso Alloy Disc fork for the princely sum of $65 delivered.
The Axle/Crown height is about 25mm longer, but it will do the job of proving whether the effect is big enough to warrant something that is closer to the correct length (a custom Woundup Team X Disc at a pricey USD$475).
I sourced a Magura front hub (relabelled DT Swiss 240s allegedly - weighs the same, looks the same and has the same dimensions) for $35 delivered.
After some more investigation, I decided to give the new Velocity A23 rims a burl, as they were locally made, and similarish in price to a pair of Open Pro's (which I already use). They have a good rap, so why not. They have been ordered from the LBS at $100 a pop.
Spokes, DT Competition (2.0/1.8/2.0) will come from starbike.com, as even with a shipping charge of about 30 euro, they are still heaps cheaper.
The headset (after much teeth gnashing and a bit of wailing - read here), followed the recommendation from Cane Creek and purchased the IS-3 (short) - but it is out of stock .
At the same time, I ordered the Avid BB7 Road setup, which is also out of stock .
Overall, the setup should cost me about $410 in total.
One could easily argue that I should just buy a 2010 Kona Honky Inc for $2299 and be done with it, but where is the fun in that ....
Standby to standby for some pics and details once all the bits come in