Carbon Brake Rotors

[djjohnr]

http://kettlecycles.com/?btp_product...e-brake-rotors

Surprised it's taken someone this long given the benefits.

[boylagz]

Damn. On kickstarter huh. Cool to see the support, theyve got their $15k already. And then some

[ridiculous]

Very cool!

[UiUiUiUi]

curious to see whether they really fixed the problem with carbon brakes needing awfully high temperatures to work properly...

[boogenman]

Ridemonkeyz loves teh carbonz

[djjohnr]

curious to see whether they really fixed the problem with carbon brakes needing awfully high temperatures to work properly...

You're thinking of carbon/carbon brakes. Carbon/ceramics don't have the same issues. They're fine for street use in your car if you don't mind paying the $8k+ upgrade price.

[frango]

I've heard, that thanks to ingredients of SiCCC rotors, they actually may work

[jonKranked]

so now instead of bending out of true, they'll shatter and splinter, potentially ruining the caliper itself in the process. A+.

[djjohnr]

so now instead of bending out of true, they'll shatter and splinter, potentially ruining the caliper itself in the process. A+.

Hasn't been a problem on motorcycles, don't see why it would be on bikes.

[jonKranked]

Hasn't been a problem on motorcycles, don't see why it would be on bikes.

for road, and possibly xc applications, sure. downhill? ha.

besides, roadies and xc wankers are the ones who spend money on bikes like its a competition.

[djjohnr]

for road, and possibly xc applications, sure. downhill? ha.

besides, roadies and xc wankers are the ones who spend money on bikes like its a competition.

Downhill is where they make the most sense. Stronger braking power, no fade and no squeal from glazing.

[IH8Rice]

You're thinking of carbon/carbon brakes. Carbon/ceramics don't have the same issues. They're fine for street use in your car if you don't mind paying the $8k+ upgrade price.

carbon rotor'd cars still dont perform all too well until they heat up.

Hasn't been a problem on motorcycles, don't see why it would be on bikes.

do moto x bikes use them? because comparing a street bike to a DH bike isnt exactly apples to apples

[djjohnr]

carbon rotor'd cars still dont perform all too well until they heat up.




do moto x bikes use them? because comparing a street bike to a DH bike isnt exactly apples to apples

Pedal feedback improves as you heat em up, but they're still fine for daily driving. I don't know about you but the brakes on my DH bike heat up damn quick.

MX tech usually follows sport bike tech - take carbon wheels for example. Ceramic carbon rotors have only been around on super cars since the late 90s and more recently on sport bikes. You'll likely see them soon.

I'm willing to spend $100 to see if it improves my brakes. Seems like a better potential investment then $100 to save 50 grams on some f#cknut part like a seatpost.

[OGRipper]

besides, roadies and xc wankers are the ones who spend money on bikes like its a competition.

You have got be kidding with this one. Every niche has people who are guilty of this as well as people who don't give a crap. I've seen way more parking lot wankers at DH mountains than anywhere else.

Anyway, yeah not sure about these but we'll see. Funny how in that 650B thread someone suggested we need to work on disc rotors and then over here a new idea is met with skepticism.

[SCARY]

I'm a wanker.
-Spose that's known already.
I might get these for fun..and awesomeness.
It'll be cool to see road bikes embrace discs,finally.
Now you guys with no taste,with your "murdered out "bikes can finally address the weak link in your all too common fashion statement .You'll be soo much blackier than the other guys.