Conicals for Disc brake kits

faceplant77
faceplant77 Posts: 25
edited May 2011 in MTB general
Does any one know where I can purchase conicals for an Avid disc brake. CRC sell these in a kit, but i just need a few conicals..

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=21475

Unfortunatley these brake so easily..

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  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    faceplant77 wrote:
    Unfortunatley these brake so easily..
    +1 I've had loads break, I really need some more.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Those look very much like the washers used on v-brake blocks for abjustment of toe-in etc.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    faceplant77 wrote:
    Does any one know where I can purchase conicals for an Avid disc brake. CRC sell these in a kit, but i just need a few conicals..

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=21475

    Unfortunatley these brake so easily..

    You're whinging over something that costs just over a fiver with postage?
    MTFU, dig into your wallet and buy them, FFS

    TBH never broken any of the Avid conical washers, I suggest you invest in a torque wrench
    The Bouncer
    The Shaker
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    How the hell do you break them?
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    arent they just washers?
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    How the hell do you break them?

    and this +1!
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    if you are breaking them you are over tightening them.

    go to your LBS and get some off some V Brakes.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
    arent they just washers?
    Nope. There's a convex one, and a concave one, which allows you the freedom of cocking up your brake alignment in very interesting ways when compared to their competitor's brakes.
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
    arent they just washers?
    Nope. There's a convex one, and a concave one, which allows you the freedom of cocking up your brake alignment in very interesting ways when compared to their competitor's brakes.

    :lol:

    i'll have to have a closer look at my avids when I get home.

    cant they be replaced by a load of spacers/washers?
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    yes and no.

    they are needed to give the correct spacing for the calliper.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    They could yes, as long as the resulting depth of the washers/spacers is the same as the funky washers you get with Avids. Which is actually quite substantial. From memory, I reckon it's a good 5 or 6mm. Which is a lot of washers!
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    Could probably get a bag of washers for a quid :D

    Not that i'm going to... i'm intrigued by these mystical "funky washers"!
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
    Could probably get a bag of washers for a quid :D

    Not that i'm going to... i'm intrigued by these mystical "funky washers"!

    just the same as on your V brakes.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    whats "v brakes" then? :wink:
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
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    There you are

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