What’s the benefit of center lock rotors?

Your all wrong.

The benefit of centrelock rotors is there is now two disc standards that have to be accounted for meaning more profits for the share holders!

Rotors were the last part on a bike to have just one universal standard that worked fine. This just wasn’t acceptable to the bike industry.

To be more serious I’m seeing a lot of new bikes now come with centrelock rotors instead of six bolt so there’s obviously some benefit/reason for the manufacturer.

Rotors were the last part on a bike to have just one universal standard

4 bolt rotors anyone?

Hope also did 3 bolt rotors and started off with a super clunky spline on adaptor that accepted a 5 bolt rotor. The spline on adaptor was also super wide inc its locking, so non-drive flange was pushed way inboard. The worst of all approaches.

Easier to assemble on a production line

Hope also did 3 bolt rotors and started off with a super clunky spline on adaptor that accepted a 5 bolt rotor. The spline on adaptor was also super wide inc its locking, so non-drive flange was pushed way inboard. The worst of all approaches.

Yup, they couldn’t even agree on one standard for the same bloody hubs. Bulbs had at least three.

Edit: ffs, i give up with this bloody editor

Pointless crap, not much to add. Consumables should be simple and cheap and redundancy in brakes is good, how many bolts have to fall out or loosen before 6-bolt becomes a problem?

I do have a couple of wheels with them just because it was the cheaper option or I got them used, stuck on an adaptor so all is well. (except they’re harder to adapt for boost)

I’ve never had one rock, the interface once torqued absolutely shouldn’t move. Some have a little float between arms and metal rotor but not many. Just sounds wrong.

They do wear/have brand mismatch and they will rock on the splines and it will only get worse. The nuclear solution is to run some bearing lock (low lock/high fill Loctite) on the splines. This will prevent any movement but means reoving the disk is made more difficult and may need the heat from a heatgun to get them to release.

Same tool as a cassette lock ring.
harder to round out than small bolts made of cheese

Your all wrong.

It’s like rain on your wedding day….

A free ride when you’ve already paid….

The Venn diagram of centrelock users vs Schrader valve users is broadly two similar sizes circles placed on top.of each other I think. They exist for similar reasons

Ooooh, maybe thats why my back brake got crap and noisy. Never thought for a sec the lock ring might have loosened….

The Venn diagram of centrelock users vs Schrader valve users is broadly two similar sizes circles placed on top.of each other I think. They exist for similar reasons

I use Schraeder valves on all my tubeless bikes, some prestas on bikes with tubes, some Schrader. I use 6 bolt rotors on most of my bikes, but some have CenterLock hubs. I convert those to 6-bolt when I buy new rotors, but use CenterLock rotors when the wheels came fitted with them. Both types of valve and both types of rotor work fine, but Schrader are a bit more robust and easier to add sealant to and 6-bolt rotors are cheaper.