Complete rebuild of 1990's MTB to 2016 XT spec 1x10

[Dare]

Maybe you could make an adapter to fit cantilever studs to you fork/frame. I am thinking about something similar to this:

Its an 26" to 28" adapter. You would need to have a hole at the top of the arch. For the bolt that now holds your single pivot brakes. And two additional clamps that go around the fork/frame tubes.

Just to though about an idea...

This has great potential...I think having v-brake would be cheapest and very efficient solution to your brake problem.

 

[cce]

rather than fitting an ugly adapter i'd get a fork with v brake studs to fit and (if I had the OP's skills) paint it to match

That sorts out the front brake, which supplies most of the braking force. The rear is probably ok, or upgrade to one of the "BMX" sidepulls suggested earlier

 

[Silvergoat]

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Fitting the brake studs to frame and forks before repaint, to allow cantis or v-brakes would have been the more elegant solution. But then again, it's quite good watching the creative engineering projects take shape...

 

[The History Man]

Something like this?

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j ... 7118766648

 

[xerxes]

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You used to be able to get adapter plates, like this:

However, it's all getting a little bit into lash-up territory. When you get right down to it, if you want cantilever/V-brake bosses, it's probably quicker and more economical to buy a frame that has them already. :?

You will likely also struggle to find good, or even reasonable quality, super long reach dual pivot callipers, because they were never fitted to quality bikes, because for large volume tyres, better alternatives, like V-brakes and cantilevers were available.

The only place super long calliper brakes were fitted were on things like Raleigh Choppers, Grifters, Bombers and maybe some small wheeled shoppers. Which were all built down to a price and used cheap wibbly-wobbly pressed steel side pull callipers in combination with steel rims which was to braking what jumping out of aeroplane with an umbrella is to parachuting.

 

[Silvergoat]

Something like this?

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j ... 7118766648

These look like the neatest solution but positioning would need to be spot on. I'd always be worrying about them rotating under braking...

 

[cce]

don't think anyone makes pace type adapters for standard forks, even on pace forks they're a massive pain in the bum.

 

[The History Man]

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They do. That link is to a thread discussing options.

 

[NewRider]

I think that while I am still building up confidence on the bike I will look at designing a disc brake conversion as this will generate the most brake advantage for the effort and design time involved. As I would rather not repaint the bike so soon after completing it I plan to look making the conversion bolt on if possible.

 

[NewRider]

Hi Guys

A quick update on the whole bike project. I had promised to provide a final weight and price for completing this project and this is shown below. The only two parts I forgot to weigh before fitting were the two brake assembles but everything else is included in the below.

I would be interested in how this weight compares to other peoples bikes as I have no idea what is classed as a light weight mtb.

Cost wise I am really happy with the end result as I had set my spend limit at the price of the Specialised Sirrus Disc a shop was very keen to sell me a £525. I did end up spending more but some of was down to purchasing a few park tools along the way to help gain the highest quality build.

Final bike weight = 9655 grammes
Total spend = £641.88