Two quick questions

borisface

Hi experienced long-time roadie, had mtbs back in late 1980's before disks/front sus so want to know:-

1. When to use fork lock out - only for road climbs or is it best to engage for offroad climbs too?

2. Is there a knack to replacing wheels so that the disks don't rub on the pads?

Riding charge duster with manitou marvel pro forks - awesome

Cheers

jimothy78

borisface wrote:

1. When to use fork lock out - only for road climbs or is it best to engage for offroad climbs too?

Whenever/wherever you think pedalling efficiency is more important than control and comfort - entirely subjective.

2. Is there a knack to replacing wheels so that the disks don't rub on the pads?

if you initially set them up with the qr skewer fully engaged, and do them up to the same pressure each time, then the rotor should always end up centred between the pads.

lostboysaint

1. Whenever you like
2. There's no change between the disc/hub/dropout geometry so they should be centred every time. If they aren't then you need to adjust them so that they are and then it shouldn't happen again!