Lightweight Road Bike Disc Rotors

Rotors are made from steel and sometimes feature two piece design with a spider in the middle that s made from alloy.

Lightweight road bike disc rotors. Rrp 34 99 39 99 save up to 10. But as many road all road gravel bike wheels have adopted the shimano centerlock standard as the lightweight rotor interface hope is now on board too. Rotor name is ai2 and will be available in 160mm in january 2012 180mm follows at end of february. Some thoughts on the scrub components metal matrix brake rotors.

The scrub rotors are extremely expensive compared to other lightweight stainless steel rotors but they are significantly lighter. Road and cyclocross bikes with disc brakes either come with 140mm or 160mm rotors. The shimano rt66 rotors which they replaced on my bike weigh 113g each. Ashima is no stranger to lightweight brakes and now they ve gone and topped themselves.

Price from to. Disc brake rotors come in a few different sizes. 160mm 180mm floating disc brake rotor with 6 bolts stainless steel bicycle rotors fit for road bike mountain bike mtb bmx 4 3 out of 5 stars 43 14 99 24 99. Those are the only two sizes to be offered.

If you re a fan of lightweight bikes then you might have reservations about joining the disc brake revolution. And with cycling s obsession with weight and carbon fibre it was only a matter of time before a company developed an aftermarket carbon rotor. Everything you need to know about disc brakes. Pricing will be 32 5 and about 43 usd.

Everything you need to know. I also tried some a2z dots which were a bit better but they also wore pretty fast as the waves at the top get worn faster and the braking surface gets milled into a v shape. Using the same laser cut heat treated round stainless steel braking surface with machined rounded edges as their road 6 bolt rotors the new road cl rotors get riveted to a cnc machined aluminum sic central carrier with a centerlock spline. Hayes l series lightweight disc rotor.

The shimano sm rt51 rotor is obviously not light weight but is included in the table for comparison purposes. Hope road floating disc. They might still have their detractors but it s safe to say disc brakes are here to stay in the road cycling market. This helps keep the rotors straight while also keeping the weight down.

On my commuter gravel bike i started out with hope x2 lightweight rotors. 50 00 select option please select an option. While they were light the lack of actual braking surface means that they wear really fast.