Post mount - Flat Mount

vrsmatt
vrsmatt Posts: 160
edited February 2017 in Workshop
Hi

I have a Giant Defy 2015 with post mount disc brakes, i've been offered a set of very cheap hydraulic disc brakes by a friend but they are flat mount.

Will they fit or will i need an adapter or will they just not fit at all?

Cheers
Giant TCR Composite 1, Giant Defy Advanced 2, Boardman Comp, Santa Cruz Heckler, Raleigh M-Trax Ti, Strida LT, Giant Halfway

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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,702
    They won't fit. The other way round can be made to work, ie post mount calipers on a flat mount frame/fork, but the post mount on the frame/fork is too far out to be adapted for a flat mount caliper with a reasonable rotor size.
  • vrsmatt
    vrsmatt Posts: 160
    Cheers
    Giant TCR Composite 1, Giant Defy Advanced 2, Boardman Comp, Santa Cruz Heckler, Raleigh M-Trax Ti, Strida LT, Giant Halfway
  • tsarouxaz
    tsarouxaz Posts: 70
    buy a post mount set for road, remove the flats, connect, bleed, done, sell the flats on ebay. oh, you have good friends!
  • vrsmatt
    vrsmatt Posts: 160
    tsarouxaz wrote:
    buy a post mount set for road, remove the flats, connect, bleed, done, sell the flats on ebay. oh, you have good friends!

    Yes thats what i'm going to do, have sourced a set of post mount calipers, (can still get most mtb calipers post mount, they are the same)

    My friend bought a new whole bike to get the frame and is making his money back selling the components, cheap bits for me and an almost free frame for him

    Happy days
    Giant TCR Composite 1, Giant Defy Advanced 2, Boardman Comp, Santa Cruz Heckler, Raleigh M-Trax Ti, Strida LT, Giant Halfway

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