Disc Brakes switch from Mountain to Cross Bike

[Frank Drackman]

My son has a set of avid mechanical disc brakes that he want to take off his
mountain bike and use on his cross bike.



It is a redline with the mounts for the discs but I am wondering if the pull
is appropriate to use with his Ultegra 9-speed shifters.

 

[Nate Knutson]

On Sep 1, 5:14 pm, "Frank Drackman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> My son has a set of avid mechanical disc brakes that he want to take off his
> mountain bike and use on his cross bike.
>
> It is a redline with the mounts for the discs but I am wondering if the pull
> is appropriate to use with his Ultegra 9-speed shifters.

Nope, won't work directly. You can use inline travel agents (
http://www.problemsolversbike.com/products.html ) . Only problem is it
will probably cost something like half as much as just buying 2 pairs
of avid road bb5 brakes..

 

[Jambo]

"Nate Knutson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sep 1, 5:14 pm, "Frank Drackman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> My son has a set of avid mechanical disc brakes that he want to take off
>> his
>> mountain bike and use on his cross bike.
>>
>> It is a redline with the mounts for the discs but I am wondering if the
>> pull
>> is appropriate to use with his Ultegra 9-speed shifters.
>
> Nope, won't work directly. You can use inline travel agents (
> http://www.problemsolversbike.com/products.html ) . Only problem is it
> will probably cost something like half as much as just buying 2 pairs
> of avid road bb5 brakes..

MTB avid discs require longer travel than what road brifters can provide, so
Ultegra levers won't work. Avid makes road-specific discs.

The problemsolvers might look ok, but I've shredded cables using these -
there is a sharp bend that cables go through in the device. I won't
recommend these. Just sell the MTB avids on ebay and buy a set of avid road
BB5 as suggested...

 

[Frank Drackman]

"Jambo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Nate Knutson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Sep 1, 5:14 pm, "Frank Drackman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> My son has a set of avid mechanical disc brakes that he want to take off
>>> his
>>> mountain bike and use on his cross bike.
>>>
>>> It is a redline with the mounts for the discs but I am wondering if the
>>> pull
>>> is appropriate to use with his Ultegra 9-speed shifters.
>>
>> Nope, won't work directly. You can use inline travel agents (
>> http://www.problemsolversbike.com/products.html ) . Only problem is it
>> will probably cost something like half as much as just buying 2 pairs
>> of avid road bb5 brakes..
>
> MTB avid discs require longer travel than what road brifters can provide,
> so Ultegra levers won't work. Avid makes road-specific discs.
>
> The problemsolvers might look ok, but I've shredded cables using these -
> there is a sharp bend that cables go through in the device. I won't
> recommend these. Just sell the MTB avids on ebay and buy a set of avid
> road BB5 as suggested...
>
>
>

Thanks, that is what I thought but couldn't find the information.