Evening all just about to buy a set of M785,s from rose.
Iv,e got a pair of new avid g3,s 160 and 185.
Can i use the avid mounts with these.
Iv,e got an avid 160 rear and 185 post front mounts.
Cheers all.
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Can i mount shimano M785 to an avid g3 185 rotor?
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Posted 3 months ago #
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If you use the mounts which match the brakes there shouldn't be any problems. Lose the 'tri-align' spacers/washer from the avids though.
Posted 3 months ago # -
This evening I fitted xt brakes to my mates bike and he had g3 rotors The exact set up you are describing.
I fitted Them fine with his existing post mount but I did find the pads where very Close to his rotor as if the g3 was thicker then the shimano rotors and I fear if these had new pads in them they may be bind!
How ever I got them running freely.
I have a funny feeling they may be loud and squeal, a quick google showed a few people who used g3 rotors with xt brakes also found them noisy.Posted 3 months ago # -
The xt brakes I fitted last night with g3 rotors worked fine today no noise or braking squeal!
All good on this bikePosted 3 months ago # -
Someone posted on a thread a few days ago that avid changed the design of g3 rotors because they had a propensity to squeal (hence the wierd looking ones as seen on CRC and some 2011 bikes with no cutouts near the centre). But squeal aside, superficial and zoota have it: leave the spacer thingies off and it will be fine.
Posted 3 months ago # -
Cheers zoota.
just what i wanted to hear.
Ta bud...
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