Road Bike Disc Brake Upgrade
Disc brakes are increasingly making their way into the road bike market and it is now very possible to convert your keeper standard rim brake road frame into a hybrid mix of disc brake front and rim brake rear.
Road bike disc brake upgrade. Placed at the center of the wheel disc brakes earn their name from the disc rotor that is attached to the hub of the bicycle wheel. Whereas a road bike rim brake traditionally attaches to a hole in the frame or fork and then uses the wheels circumference as its braking surface disc brakes are a little more complicated. That s my keeper below in its before spec. At 31mm in depth like the dura ace version they are available in both rim and disc varieties.
Shimano 105 standard mount http tidd ly 67048fe1 shimano 105 direct mount http tidd ly 1aedb98d shimano ultegra standa. The trend of disc brakes on road bikes is beginning to snowball but will they make a difference to your riding and are they worth it. Simon richardson gives us his take. The bad news about road disc brakes there isn t any really as long as you avoid these five common mistakes that apply to any bike s disc brake shared by nate newton a technical rep for sram.
Some dual pivot brakes examples. Fulcrum racing 5 wheels at cycling weekly we re great fans. So unless your bike cost more than 1 500 or even 2 000 your wheels should be ripe for an upgrade and this is the place to start.