Fitting mechanical disc brakes

aw255
aw255 Posts: 20
edited October 2017 in Cyclocross
If people give me the bits, I'm usually quite good at fitting them, but my lack of knowledge is not helping here.
I'm trying to save some money and use bits from my current cantilever bike and build a new mechanical disc bike.
Will my current shimano sti shifters work on mechanical disc brakes or do I need some different specific ones? if so what would I need?
Cheers

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  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    aw255 wrote:
    If people give me the bits, I'm usually quite good at fitting them, but my lack of knowledge is not helping here.
    I'm trying to save some money and use bits from my current cantilever bike and build a new mechanical disc bike.
    Will my current shimano sti shifters work on mechanical disc brakes or do I need some different specific ones? if so what would I need?
    Cheers
    Yes, but you need brakes with the right pull ratio. For instance there are 2 versions of BB7s, one for MTB levers, the other for road levers. It's normally quite well documented if you know to look out for it...
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • aw255
    aw255 Posts: 20
    Thank you. I didn't know that, but I now know what to look for.
  • tsarouxaz
    tsarouxaz Posts: 70
    GET HY/RDs, the only way.

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