Which front fork brake mount is better - Post or IS?
tbikeradar
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Hi everyone.
I just wondered what your opinion is on brake mounting standards.
Which front fork brake mount is better - Post or IS?
My reason for asking is that I may buy a 2008 Fox Talas front fork with IS mounts.
My brakes will fit with the correct IS or post adaptors, but it seems that all the new forks are post mount.
What are your experiences with the different mounts, any pros / cons...?
Thanks for your advice.
tBike
I just wondered what your opinion is on brake mounting standards.
Which front fork brake mount is better - Post or IS?
My reason for asking is that I may buy a 2008 Fox Talas front fork with IS mounts.
My brakes will fit with the correct IS or post adaptors, but it seems that all the new forks are post mount.
What are your experiences with the different mounts, any pros / cons...?
Thanks for your advice.
tBike
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post: con threads in an expensive bit of metal.
IS: maybe a fraction heavier."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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If I had the choice IS every single time.0
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IS anytime.I don't do smileys.
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nicklouse wrote:post: con threads in an expensive bit of metal.
this, so IS gets my vote
but it seems the bike world is going the other way0 -
Thanks for the advice, much appreciated.
I did wonder if post was more stable and robust due to the torque stresses from braking.
Clearly busting the threads on a post mount is not good.
Thank goodness for adaptors!0 -
IS, do Boxxers still come with IS mount?? Apparently frames seem to be going towards PM as standard, it's stupid IMO.YT Wicked 160 ltd
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they used to have something similar . but ow they are post.dusk wrote:IS, do Boxxers still come with IS mount?? Apparently frames seem to be going towards PM as standard, it's stupid IMO."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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So what's the point of PM? I thought this was the new "better" standard?0
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Clearance, neatness and marketing BS.0
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Chunkers1980 wrote:Clearance
How does it give better clearance?0 -
Chunkers1980 wrote:Clearance
Obviously you have never had to file a bit off a Fox fork Post Mount to get your disc bolts to clear the forkFig rolls: proof that god loves cyclists and that she wants us to do another lap0 -
No I haven't.
Clearance because you have two individual poles, rather that the bracket which is joined across the middle to make the poles.0 -
Yeah, but, what's that providing clearance for? That's what I'm getting at.0
