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ordered the wrong mount brakes!!!

welshkevwelshkev Posts: 9,690
edited January 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
i've just bought a set of avaid elixr 5's but they've arrived and they're post mount and not I.S (i'm sure i checked but obviously didn't)

will the mounts from my juicys i have on there now fit them or do i have to buy a special adaptor (post to I.S)?

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  • .blitz.blitz Posts: 6,197
    edited January 2011
    welshkev wrote:
    will the mounts from my juicys i have on there now fit them
    Yes. All calipers are fundamentally 160mm post mount. Anything else - different diameter rotor or IS fork mounts - requires an adaptor. If the adaptors you have work with your existing rotors & forks, they will work with your new brakes.
  • nicklousenicklouse Posts: 50,675 Lives Here
    the calipers are the same mounts so yes.
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  • welshkevwelshkev Posts: 9,690
    great, cheers guys. i thought they would but you all know how bad i am with all things technical - yes even mounting brackets :lol:

    cheers again guys
  • .blitz.blitz Posts: 6,197
    North Shore Billet make some tasty adaptors - much better than the std Avid ones.
  • gtd.gtd. Posts: 626
    as do Hope, plus there cheaper and made in England 8)
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  • welshkevwelshkev Posts: 9,690
    brakes are fitted. cheers for your help guys :D
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