M-Power
Old School Grand Master
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There have been a few other conversions too but yeah seen 2/3 original factory ones. Wise move, the quad butted Yo tubing is crazy thin as you can tell by the high pitched ting it makes when you ping it
yoeddynz":1ushtxjm said:I never knew that Fat Chance made some with disc mounts. :shock: Cool. I bet they must be pretty rare though?
I added the disc mount back in 2006 and it has worked out really well. After replacing the downtube I decided to also remove the old canti bosses for a cleaner look. I decided against adding disc hose brackets to the top tube though because I dont have a gas set in my workshop and Im certainly not confident enough to try and tig the much thinner centre of the T/T. Hence the slightly ugly cable ties (although that centre cable tie happens to line up nicely with where the XTR brake lever hits the T/T
There have been a few other conversions too but yeah seen 2/3 original factory ones. Wise move, the quad butted Yo tubing is crazy thin as you can tell by the high pitched ting it makes when you ping it