vented rotors / floating rotors from hope may contain fanboys

Take an educated guess then Nick.

It’s so they can sell floating vented rotors for £40100 each in pretty colours, rather than plain steel for £20. Same reason they sell braided steel hoses.

Hope Vented rotors have been around years, they came out when everyone wanted the biggest most pointlessly strong brakes around for no reason. Very shortly after everyone went to small calipers and tiny rotors on DH bikes to save weight and the world moved on. They still exist because they can still sell them to people who think they need them, or more often, like the look of them. I wouldnt be amazed if 50% of them ended up on over-blinged fat bikes used to ride around central Tokyo.

Northwind – Member

No misquote, the thread is mostly about floating rotors (since almost all rotors are vented) and you didn’t say which you were referring to so it was a fair assumption.

pretty much all rotors are solid, vented discs have a space between each side

I think I’ll just get normal discs now….

howsyourdad1 – Member
I think I’ll just get normal discs now….

Don’t blame you! 😉

You probably need a paracetamol after reading this thread as well! Lol

I think I’ll just get normal discs now….

to the OP, my profound apologies for any confusion that ensued. Some seemed intent in muddying the waters as i tried to find some answers on your behalf-if it seemed that way I’m sorry for adding to the confusion.

no it’s totally cool, I got some good info, thanks all for the DISCussion it was good to VENT a little too IGMC