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Now that i've got some valuable input on brake mounts, its time to move onto another - headset specification.
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Morning fellow Monkies!
I used to post on hear years back but drifted away for one reason or another. I thought i'd pop back and try and tap into the experienced folk here and have a good old fashioned technical discussion......on brake mounts. Exciting stuff!
So why brake mounts? Well after drifting away from the sport i'm getting back involved and would like a new bike. Problem is I don't want to be giving up my hard earned cash to any one of the companies already out there....i'd rather do it myself.
So to the question - Post mount or IS?
A few years back IS used to be pretty much standard, but now it seems post mount is having a bit of a resurgence.
I always used to favour Hope and IS, until I picked up a set of Hayes brakes and was impressed with the 'easier' set up of the caliper with the disc.
So what are your opinions on this? I guess some people aren't too bothered but if any of you have good technical reasons why one may be better than the other it would be good to hear your input.
Thanks in advance!
Now that i've got some valuable input on brake mounts, its time to move onto another - headset specification.
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Morning fellow Monkies!
I used to post on hear years back but drifted away for one reason or another. I thought i'd pop back and try and tap into the experienced folk here and have a good old fashioned technical discussion......on brake mounts. Exciting stuff!
So why brake mounts? Well after drifting away from the sport i'm getting back involved and would like a new bike. Problem is I don't want to be giving up my hard earned cash to any one of the companies already out there....i'd rather do it myself.
So to the question - Post mount or IS?
A few years back IS used to be pretty much standard, but now it seems post mount is having a bit of a resurgence.
I always used to favour Hope and IS, until I picked up a set of Hayes brakes and was impressed with the 'easier' set up of the caliper with the disc.
So what are your opinions on this? I guess some people aren't too bothered but if any of you have good technical reasons why one may be better than the other it would be good to hear your input.
Thanks in advance!
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