which disc brakes and wheels

ian.s

Iam looking to get rid of my old v-brakes and wheels and replacing with hope disc's and hope wheelset built up by merlin not sure which rims want something strong for jumping freeride etc any ideas and is this the way to go. looking at spending about 400 pounds

supersonic

I take it your frame and forks are compatible with disc mounts? What mounts does the fork have?

ian.s

they are manitou sx lt

ian.s

And its an azonic evolution with disc brackets on both

supersonic

Wow, that is an old one! You sure it has disc mounts? Depends on year.

ian.s

yeh they both do it's been tucked away for a while

supersonic

Most hope brakes use a IS mount caliper which means you will need an adaptor. The way this works, converting the caliper to fit a post mount fork means you must use a minimum rotor size of 180mm (though there is now a 170mm Shimano adaptor). Unfortunately the fork may not be designed to take a rotor this big.

For wheels, if must use hope, then Pro2 on 721 rims with DB spokes is a good bet.

ian.s

I'm open to ideas on wheels and brakes if there is something better around the 400 marks

ST Colin

I'm running Deore LX brakes, 160/160. Can be had for £130 from www.realcycles.com

Wheels, I have Mavic 321's, DT Swiss spokes on XT hubs, you can pick these up for about £150 a set if you shop around.....

Steve_b77

How's about Hope Hoops with DT 5.1D rims and a set of Hayes Stroker Ryde brakes, that'll come in at under £400

ian.s

sounds like i'm going to have to do some serching around