Rim brake wheel on disc brake set up

murphyti
murphyti Posts: 34
edited January 2015 in Workshop
Apologies if this has been asked before (i did some searching) or is an very silly question as I'm new to the disc brake world.

I am building up a commuter/winter/cx bike with disc brakes. I would like to put it on the turbo instead of my good road bike.

I have a turbo wheel which I swap between bikes (also put my TT on the turbo). Are there any issues using a non disc wheel? obviously braking is not an issue. Will the cassette line up or the calipers get in the way?

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Presuming that the hub is the same width there are no issues. But I would put a travel spacer between the pads so they don't close up on you if hydro.

    Disc hubs tend to be 135mm O.L.D and none disc hubs 130mm
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  • 964cup
    964cup Posts: 1,362
    It's vanishingly unlikely that the wheel will fit. Disc frames have a different axle length, and compressing the QR on a 130mm wheel in a 135mm frame will likely damage the frame.

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