Disc brake questions

[DAMIEN1307]

Replacing spoke wheels with mags is a cheaper option it you don't have the equipment and skills to make extremely strong wheels.

I have the skills but not the equipment and have zero wish to invest $120.00 in equipment as well as $300.00 dollars for just one wheel, plus the work and time that goes into all that when a perfectly good set of mags will do it so much cheaper without all that work, time, and effort you speak of, there are much better uses for that much money, time, and effort with bigger bang for the buck when used for other things...lol.

There comes a point you get to when you need to weigh the cost of things like this, versus what you really need to build and ride a decent bike without breaking the bank...lol.

Most people cannot and will not go wild with the wallet because they can't...Social Security checks only go so far you know...lol.

There are other things that become much more important when spending limited funds like, food, housing, utilities, prescriptions and medical costs not covered by Medicare, clothing, and of course feeding ones pets and companions, etc, etc, etc,...lol.

 

[Sidewinder Jerry]

I have the skills but not the equipment and have zero wish to invest $120.00 in equipment as well as $300.00 dollars for just one wheel, plus the work and time that goes into all that when a perfectly good set of mags will do it so much cheaper without all that work, time, and effort you speak of, there are much better uses for that much money, time, and effort with bigger bang for the buck when used for other things...lol.

There comes a point you get to when you need to weigh the cost of things like this, versus what you really need to build and ride a decent bike without breaking the bank...lol.

Most people cannot and will not go wild with the wallet because they can't...Social Security checks only go so far you know...lol.

There are other things that become much more important when spending limited funds like, food, housing, utilities, prescriptions and medical costs not covered by Medicare, clothing, and of course feeding ones pets and companions, etc, etc, etc,...lol.

I easily made my money back on the equipment investment; since my small town doesn't have a bicycle shop.

My wheel-building technique is so simple nearly anybody can do it. If upgrading the spokes I put masking tape on all of the stock spokes with numbers wrote on them. I get the rim fairly close to true with the stock spokes. Then as you remove a stock spoke you replace it with an upgraded spoke. By the time you've replaced all the stock spokes it's only a matter of fine-tuning the rim into trueness.

Even at my slow pace it takes me less than an hour. If only truing with stock spokes I can usually be done in less than 30 minutes. I generally charge $30 for my labor for a basic truing an $60 for my labor for a spoke upgrade.

 

[ZekeNoScooter_8]

Hey Damien. Hey Jerry. How did this become a debate on spoke vs mag? OP had questions re: brakes??? Come on fellas, stay on topic, answer the OPs question and go argue somewhere else.
PS: I have same mags as Damien with same experience. Worth every penny.

 

[Sidewinder Jerry]

Hey Damien. Hey Jerry. How did this become a debate on spoke vs mag? OP had questions re: brakes??? Come on fellas, stay on topic, answer the OPs question and go argue somewhere else.
PS: I have same mags as Damien with same experience. Worth every penny.

If you read back some, it started with the mentioning of some of the spokes being loose on the OP new wheel. The mag side is initial expense and simplicity. The wheel builder side is you can get a return on the equipment investment.

Both spoke and mag can be made to be safe.

 

[DAMIEN1307]

Hey Damien. Hey Jerry. How did this become a debate on spoke vs mag? OP had questions re: brakes??? Come on fellas, stay on topic, answer the OPs question and go argue somewhere else.
PS: I have same mags as Damien with same experience. Worth every penny.

We actually both did stay on topic...His question was how to attach disk brakes to his wheels...In his initial post, the OP didn't specify which type of rims until later on when he expressed his desire for spokes...Jerry and I both told him what we use for different rims for attaching disk brakes and both of us mentioned pros and cons of mag versus spokes in this instance.

Now all he needs to do is weigh both options offered and he is now better informed of how much is invested and either one he chooses...In other words, this was not black and white, but open to other options available to him.

This was never an argument, but rather spelling out the differences in cost of each way to go.

We also are not overly strict in staying strictly on topic, If the OP wants things deleted because HE thinks it strayed, then I can delete or edit other posts accordingly...That is MY job here in the forums as moderator...lol.

 

[Whitewill1412]

I got the brakes hooked up. Now I think there is a little problem. When I pull the lever and the brake closes the disc is being flexed/bent by the brake pad. I don't know anything about disc brakes on a bike, but I don't think this is normal. Is it?

 

[Wrench]

I got the brakes hooked up. Now I think there is a little problem. When I pull the lever and the brake closes the disc is being flexed/bent by the brake pad. I don't know anything about disc brakes on a bike, but I don't think this is normal. Is it?

Disc to caliper alignment issue

 

[Sidewinder Jerry]

There shouldn't be more than a millimeter of flex. If you have a single piston caliper, there's generally an adjustment screw and allen set screw for the fixed pad.

 

[Whitewill1412]

There shouldn't be more than a millimeter of flex. If you have a single piston caliper, there's generally an adjustment screw and allen set screw for the fixed pad.

Yeah it's not the fixed one that's the problem. It's the one that moves. I think I'm about to put a washer in there to back it off a little. I don't want the disc to snap.

 

[DAMIEN1307]

Yeah it's not the fixed one that's the problem. It's the one that moves. I think I'm about to put a washer in there to back it off a little. I don't want the disc to snap.

I use strategically placed washers when I attach mine to make sure they are perfectly aligned as well.