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So I just built up a Fortitude and the disc rotor bolts are catching on the forks.
I've managed to solve it via a combination of changing to the lowest profile rotor bolts I could dig out, adding a thin spacer between the hub and dropouts (well under 1mm), and gouging a small bit of metal from the forks by spinning the wheel before I noticed the issue...
I'd rather not have the spacer in there there though, but I can't think of any other way of doing it, bar getting a new wheel with the mount closer to the centre line.
Anyone else had this problem or have another solution?
Catching how badly. What forks and hub? Would those Shimano bolts with the funny head (almost triangles) give enough clearance?
Some hubs are known for this (Hope IIRC).
Catching how badly. What forks and hub? Would those Shimano bolts with the funny head (almost triangles) give enough clearance?
The forks are the original Genesis ones and the hub is a cheapish unbranded thing that came on a mid-spec Pinnacle Ramin. I was wondering about the triangle rotor bolt things. Reckon I've got at least a couple laying around so I'll try them.
Some hubs are known for this (Hope IIRC).
As it happens, I have a Hope wheel laying around that I tried and it cleared (just, less than one mm clearance I reckon). That wheel's for my nice bike though, don't really want to fit it to what's mostly a commuter.
So, no luck with the triangle bolts... new wheel it probably is I guess. I suppose I wanted one anyway...