8inch rotor on argyle?

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8inch rotor on argyle?
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flag xpavelack
Posted: May 12, 2008 at 22:05 Quote
Hey guys, i have a kona scrap. and my LBS strongly reccomended that putting an 8inch rotor in the front (on the stock fork) would stress it and damage some of the internals. I recently bought a 318 Argyle, and i was wondering if they could handle an eight inch rotor without getting damaged?
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Posted: May 13, 2008 at 2:45 Quote
The agyle can take an 8" but why would you want to?
flag dirtjumpur
Posted: May 13, 2008 at 2:53 Quote
why do you want to??
why would you need any front brake on a bike that will have argyles on it??
especially one so stupidly powerful??
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Posted: May 13, 2008 at 7:44 Quote
I run a front brake with my argyles mate.
I can understand wanting a front brake, just not that huge power+you'll loose modulation
flag MR-STP2
Posted: May 13, 2008 at 7:51 Quote
they can take a 200mm rotor but for the love of god dont put one on its far to much power for a hard tail.
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Posted: May 13, 2008 at 7:55 Quote
We don't even know what brakes he has! So that will make a big difference.
flag jetblackninja
Posted: May 13, 2008 at 8:01 Quote
Max. Recommended Rotor Size 210mm right off the RS site
flag MR-STP2
Posted: May 13, 2008 at 8:09 Quote
Joeyy wrote:
We don't even know what brakes he has! So that will make a big difference.

but if his brakes are so bad that he needs a 200mm rotor on them do you not think that he should put the money to some new brakes insted of throwing away money at big rotors???
flag dirtjumpur
Posted: May 13, 2008 at 9:29 Quote
MR-STP2 wrote:
Joeyy wrote:
We don't even know what brakes he has! So that will make a big difference.

but if his brakes are so bad that he needs a 200mm rotor on them do you not think that he should put the money to some new brakes insted of throwing away money at big rotors???

absolutely
flag xpavelack
Posted: May 13, 2008 at 19:48 Quote
ive currently got Hayes Sole's, pretty much the stock breaks on my bike. Ive been looking at the Juicy's they look really sweet. What would you guys reccomend?
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Posted: May 13, 2008 at 22:16 Quote
sl4ppinb4ss3r wrote:
ive currently got Hayes Sole's, pretty much the stock breaks on my bike. Ive been looking at the Juicy's they look really sweet. What would you guys reccomend?
Sole's are, in a word, terrible. For simplicity and durability try an avid BB7.
flag DavidMakalaster
Posted: May 13, 2008 at 22:21 Quote
You need one rear BB7 with a 160mm rotor. I don't know why the Argyle even has brake mounts at all.
flag MartinMassel
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Posted: May 13, 2008 at 23:36 Quote
I run my argyle on my fully.... Thats why it has brake mounts.
flag DavidMakalaster
Posted: May 13, 2008 at 23:40 Quote
MartinMassel wrote:
I run my argyle on my fully.... Thats why it has brake mounts.

Fair enough. A 203mm rotor would be WAY overkill for any riding that fork is designed for.
flag DavidMakalaster
Posted: May 13, 2008 at 23:40 Quote
What kind of frame do you ride?
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