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Been offered a Scott hardtail frame for my son to build up using my spare components but it's only got v-brake bosses on the rear and all our parts are disc only. Do any component manufacturers do some kind of adaptor to allow use of discs??


 
Posted : 19/04/2012 3:42 pm
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If its allot with flat drop outs an AtoZ should do the trick:
http://www.woollyhatshop.com/brake-spares/disc-brake-adaptors/cat_58.html
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Posted : 19/04/2012 3:46 pm
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There's a few. Lots of people suggest the A2Z so it might be fine but I think it's a bit of a poor solution. I've used the Specialized one a couple of times which work really well, it bolts to the dropout and the brake boss to spread the load. For both these you need a reasonably large flat dropout. The Specialized one is out of manufacture so its probably ebay only.


 
Posted : 19/04/2012 3:48 pm
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I used the AtoZ for a few years without problems.


 
Posted : 19/04/2012 3:58 pm
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The A2Z works well but only on frames with the right sort of dropouts (flat plate type basically).

On my CX:
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Posted : 19/04/2012 4:00 pm
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Many thanks to you all for that, going to take up the offer of the frame as it seems a viable proposition now ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 19/04/2012 4:17 pm