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[Closed] Shimano brake compatability?

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Have a new post-mount fork, my old style XTR brakes are IS, amazingly there doesnt seem to be a bracket available to mount them.

If I just go and buy a new post mounting XT or XTR caliper will it connect OK to the brake hose?


 
Posted : 21/10/2009 10:00 am
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You after something like [url= http://www.hopegb.com/voir_ADAPTMANAV.html ]this?[/url] Or are you wanting to keep the rotor the same size?
New rotor would be cheaper I guess?


 
Posted : 21/10/2009 10:04 am
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Or [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=13744 ]this one[/url] think you can pot different callipers on though. My cheap brake from Merlin was XT lever and XTR calliper.


 
Posted : 21/10/2009 10:09 am
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That might work just fine, is it for Hope brakes you think or universal?


 
Posted : 21/10/2009 10:10 am
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...I saw the Shimano one at CRC.....£35.....for a bracket.


 
Posted : 21/10/2009 10:11 am
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Think the hope one will be universal, the brakes fit standard bikes anyway, didn't look at prices as I wasn't shopping 🙂 Seems a little pricey though.


 
Posted : 21/10/2009 10:15 am
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thanks...will give the Hope one a spin, £12 plus a 180mm rotor....


 
Posted : 21/10/2009 10:16 am
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The shimano one's on CRC are all for obscure set-ups, that's why they're so expensive. When i bought mine, about 3 months ago, they weren't more than a tenner. However in saying that all of the adaptors on there serve the same purpose. So if you're looking for a 160 IS to 160 post just buy the cheapest one, same applies for any variations in size.


 
Posted : 21/10/2009 11:22 am

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