I have Avid Juicy brakes on my hardtail. The Avid cleansweep rotors these came with seem a little flimsy to me and sometimes went out of alignment. Was this/is this a common feature of these rotors? Just wondering. It's a minor annoyance.
However, I just put my Hope Hoops 5.1's on my hardtail and found the rotor now mostly behaves itself, just very few instances of pad rub compared to the frequent shimmering and scuffs experienced before. Could the previous hub (a Shimano) be responsible for some of the rotor warping experienced previously? It used to get a little wobbly, say 3mm or so out of alignment. Now it stays straight. All I have changed is the wheels.
You answered the question before i managed to log in! Yes,shimano hubs can cause this.More so when you have a brake with hardly any pad clearance like some of the hayes and formulas.A 200mm rotor with a shimano standard q/r front hub can be adjusted from new on a work stand so that you can see daylight either side of the disc but once ridden,you often find the disc scuffing under cornering.The rear can be the same.Ive noticed the rears scuffing riding along in a straight line on new bikes.The same prob as the front - clearance looking spot on when on the workstand,cones obviously not loose,yet they scuff when in use.
Like you said,put a hub on with a bigger axle thats stiffer in many ways and its sorted.180/200 rotors on deore hubs was a common one.also 475s.
Run shimano brakes with these wheels and you`ll find no problem at all.Heaps of pad clearance! Its just when you mix two components that werent that great in the first place that issues arise.
Thought so. Thanks. I don't think I will use Shimano hubs again, as much as I appreciate a nicely adjusted cup and cone on the rear on a hardtail.
Sure miss the quiet though.