urbanfireblade
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Made a Rear Brake Adaptor for Parallel mount/Klein bikes
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mikesnowdon
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Very nice 
I think you should do a nice cut-out to save weight and maybe par down the upper mounting flanges a bit too. The rear brake dosent get that much force compared to the front so you can get away with a lot less material if you wish.
You could get it anodised too
I think you should do a nice cut-out to save weight and maybe par down the upper mounting flanges a bit too. The rear brake dosent get that much force compared to the front so you can get away with a lot less material if you wish.
You could get it anodised too
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Chunky, yes
I used some 1/4" Ali angle plate to make it, didn't want to bend one out of flat sheet as our 3mm ali at work is generally HE-30 which just cracks when bent(Pah!).
Will look to getting it lightened, probably 2 lines of 3 holes in increasing size, say 10, 15 and 20mm diameter going from the frame mounting outwards following the 2 edges.
OR
maybe a fancy 'KLEIN' CNC out of it!
Who knows!
As for annodising, i'd have to wait for a work job to be sub'd out to the London and Brighton Plating, which i can chuck it in with.
Most probably i'll just go for lightening holes and a polished finish with clear annodising, as the time and effort involved to do a bit of fancy machining i just can't justify. :cry:
I used some 1/4" Ali angle plate to make it, didn't want to bend one out of flat sheet as our 3mm ali at work is generally HE-30 which just cracks when bent(Pah!).
Will look to getting it lightened, probably 2 lines of 3 holes in increasing size, say 10, 15 and 20mm diameter going from the frame mounting outwards following the 2 edges.
OR
maybe a fancy 'KLEIN' CNC out of it!
Who knows!
As for annodising, i'd have to wait for a work job to be sub'd out to the London and Brighton Plating, which i can chuck it in with.
Most probably i'll just go for lightening holes and a polished finish with clear annodising, as the time and effort involved to do a bit of fancy machining i just can't justify. :cry:
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What i want to aim for is a mount that will be able to accomodate various callipers, i have an avid juicy 5 calliper to try on it sometime, but for now its gonna just be used as is to make sure its good.
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oooh - is that supported anywhere other than on the chain stay? I'd be surprised if that didn't flex. :?
That type of frame seems to be more common than I thought and the problem is the amount of space you have to fit a caliper.
You are using a post mount caliper that I suspect will not fit within the rear chain stay-seat stay triangle.
I had the same problem so although my "standard" is shimano XT 4 pot, I had to fit a Magura Marta front IS caliper as this is one that will fit in the space ... just :shock: ; the rear one can go on the forks but with 180 mm disc.
see here
That type of frame seems to be more common than I thought and the problem is the amount of space you have to fit a caliper.
You are using a post mount caliper that I suspect will not fit within the rear chain stay-seat stay triangle.
I had the same problem so although my "standard" is shimano XT 4 pot, I had to fit a Magura Marta front IS caliper as this is one that will fit in the space ... just :shock: ; the rear one can go on the forks but with 180 mm disc.
see here
Scarfacexxx08
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Just seen this in the flesh with the holes drilled in and pollished, and must say it looks very nice.
urbanfireblade
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Lol, 02gf74. Nice thread!
I positioned the calliper where it is as i've seen a couple of others like mine, albeit only half as thick material.
here's some pics(excuse the quality of 1st pic, iphone, thats all i'll say ),
i finished it in my lunch break today. Will eventually clear annodise it.
BTW, weighs 94g, or 3oz. Whichever your lingo is!
Enjoy!!!!!
I positioned the calliper where it is as i've seen a couple of others like mine, albeit only half as thick material.
here's some pics(excuse the quality of 1st pic, iphone, thats all i'll say
),i finished it in my lunch break today. Will eventually clear annodise it.
BTW, weighs 94g, or 3oz. Whichever your lingo is!
Enjoy!!!!!
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