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it neeeeeds doing, its needed doing for ages
how much am i looking at, roughly?
do i get it done?
or join the "kidz" and go rear brake only (a rubbish idea mefinks)?
Literally to just face the mount? No fiddling with brakes, and you go in waving a fork already off the bike? Free-£5 I'd say.
i was thinking of riding down, but the brake doesnt need fiddling with,
i can even take the brake off for the trip i guess.
except its a C2 calliper, so the amount they take of is faaaaiiirly important
hum.
Depends on how long it takes, what the frame/fork is made from & how far out it is.
Some shops also may have a minimum workshop charge, usually £10-50.
Also will vary massively on if you use said LBS on a regular basis or not, perhaps shouldn't, but loyal customers do tend to get a better deal on things like that, I know our customers do!
Hope i'm not opening a can of worms here, but do you need to get fork disk mounts faced then? I have an IS fork, and an IS to 185 Post adapter. I'm new to this disc brake malarkey...
there are two ways the disk mount can be inaccurate.
C2s are a caliper that bolts directly to the fork, paint on the fork means that the caliper can be out left to right, meaning the rotor doesnt sit in the middle of the caliper, causing it to pull the rotor to one side when you brake.
this can be accounted for by both self adjustment in the caliper (for open brakes, C2s cant do this) and by the slideyness from left to right in a post to IS adaptor caliper (all modern brakes are like this now)
also, you can have the caliper skewed in rotation, around the axis that runs down the length of the fork, this causes the same thing, but is NOT accounted for by normal post to IS adaptors.
it is accounted for by avid brakes,with thier daft little ball joint washer thingys, that allow the caliper to rotate.
problems caused?
reduction in the quality of brake feel, the spring in the rotor, as the caliper twists it by clamping onto a non straight rotor, gives a slight spongey feel
it also reduces power of braking marginaly
increases wear on the pads so they dont last as long (debatably)
and in some cases, can skew the pistons in the caliper, causing greater and uneven wear on the seals in the caliper.
should you get it done? the brake and fork companies will both say yes.
yes it will improve braking marginally
will you die if you dont? no, its not the end of the world, i wouldnt worry
most frames come faced now, but forks come painted.
you may go someway to the same effect by carefully cutting the paint off the mount (as paint thickness can vary)
i havent had any other forks done, havent felt the need, but the combination of old, unadjustable brakes, and cheap forks (DJs) means i reeeeally could do with it doing.
make sense poppa?
£6 here.
SSP
Yeah it does... *sigh* more things to worry about... Why don't the fork manufacturers face them then, lazy tykes.
easiest way to see if it needs doing, it to look down the caliper, from above, and pull the brake.
if the rotor is pulled to oneside, or twisted, get it done.
if it appears to be clamped pretty much exactly straight, in the middle of the piston throws, i wouldnt worry about it.
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Cool, cheers for that.
You can get to that point though Olly by shimming them properly. Can take a while, but can be done quite easily.