Mountain bike brakes and wheels upgrade

..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

I bought a mountain bike a couple of years ago and stupidly went for the usual old style (V?) brakes. I saw the forks had the mounts for the disc brakes if I chose to upgrade in the future but didn't realise the wheel hubs needed to be a certain type to mount them. The bike is a Specialized Hardrock Sport. Being a fat git I find the brakes lacking in stopping power so thought about upgrading to discs. I had a go on a mate's bike today with hydraulic discs and was impressed.

Now I'm not wanting to spend a fortune - is there some sort of adaptor I can fit to the hub so it can accept discs?

Otherwise am I looking at new wheels time?

Thanks.

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..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

I'm a complete noob at this pedalling stuff, what sort of price should I expect to be charged for that?

KLR600 · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Karma :

A wheel build is around £15/20 depending on your local bike shop rates plus the cost of the hubs, spokes and nipples .

If you're buying hubs from the internet and taking them to the bike shop to build then make sure you get the right ones as there's a multitude of different axles types (quick release, 20mm bolt thru, 15mm bolt thru etc etc) axle widths (back wheel mainly), spoke hole number (if you're having new hubs built onto your current rims then this will be dictated by what hole your rims are).

I'd just buy new wheels to be honest as you can also save a lot of weight with a good set of wheels when upgrading from basic spec.
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N cee thirty · Banned Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Karma :

hydraulic ftw,my mate had a go on mine and went head over tit
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..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

I can see myself getting suckered in and this getting expensive Laughing

I am doing the London to Brighton soon - would I notice the benefit of upgrading the wheels?

I know literally nothing about bikes - can you recommend a set of wheels?

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..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

Can't use them Charlie, they've got much smaller over the years. If it was the summer of '85 back when they were full size they would have fitted my Raleigh Burner a treat.

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silky666 · Captain Rulebook Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Karma :

You hardly ride the thing Joe .. and when you do its to pop to the shops to buy 20 B&H.
V brakes are fine .. you dont need disc.

When you are joining us for hard core mofo rides.. then you are allowed disc brakes.

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..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

I will be joining you hardcore mofos - I need discs.

I'll have you know I gave up smoking aaaages ago. I even bought a bike helmet the other day - I look like a proper tit in it.

jimspeed · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Mar 2010 Karma :

you would prob be better off just getting some decent brake blocks and getting it all set up I would think..
I'm sure the biggest advantage with disks is they still work when the wheel is covered in crap really as when you look at the leverage differance between the size of the rim and the disks using the rim for braking has much more effect. my mate is doing the london-brighton run too but he has about 3K's worth of fancy carbon bike (with V brakes tho).. you will prob beat him lol Confused

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bikertomm · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Jul 2010 Karma :

What a lot of people don't realise is that a set of good V's will brake very well when set up correctly!

They offer less maintenance aswell, discs only really tend to be a step up when you spend quite a bit more, (Or if it's wet - but V's can still be very competitive!)

If you do get disks though they have got to be hydralic!

Just remember you pretty much always get what you pay for!

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Colin Edwards · Brolly Dolly Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Karma :

OGM now I am looking at bikes..

So at work we do a policy were you can choose a bike and work pay for it. You then pay it off over 12 months.. So as the summer is coming what could I get for a grand or less.. The less is of course best but lets just say up to a grand..

Live by the Thames so lots of place to cycle, some road but would like to get into a bit ov light off road..

What do you recommend

CE

Sorry iof I have hijacked the thread

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Damon · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Karma :

Silky are you still out on the bikes alot?

I have this beast now! Twisted Evil

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And if you really need a set of hydraulic discs then "clarks" are good value for money Thumbs Up

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N cee thirty · Banned Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Karma :

just a quick thread highjack

how long should the wheel bearings last on a dh ? all mine are knackered D:
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N cee thirty · Banned Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Karma :

hmm ok,cheers
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Jewlio Iglesias wrote: I actually did vote BNP once

..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

I've just asked the missus and there's 3 more weekends of football left, so I'll be out after that. That vid looks like a good laugh, although I'll be doing that without the jumps, about 1/3rd of the speed and because there's no engine sounds you'll hear me scream like a girly girl.

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