ConnorPowell Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) Hey,I was just wondering if it was possible to run a rear Maggie and a rear disc run the same lever? Because with the 05-06 levers of Maggie's you have the bleed screw piece, would it work if you had a barbed fitting in there running down to the disc caliper and the Maggie running as normall?Sorry if its a stupid question i would just like to know if it would work, if if there are ways to make it work.Cheers Connor Edited July 19, 2007 by OnzaTvee23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam-Griffin Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 try using the search i made a topic about this about 2 months ago , basically evrey ones gonna tell you how stupid this idea is due to extra weight etc etcAdam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Couldn't be bothered to explain. Hint - piston sizes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Smith! Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 One would hit before the other and would feel wank, and whats the point? lol.A hose splitter would probs be better? maybe.Matx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.McMillan Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 try it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 The same size of piston is now pushing two times the liquid so its going to be less strong in the long run.If you could somehow set up a cable disk with a maggie or maybe a vee with a hydro disk then that might work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mod_biker_barney Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 The same size of piston is now pushing two times the liquid so its going to be less strong in the long run.Precisley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 The same size of piston is now pushing two times the liquid so its going to be less strong in the long run.If you could somehow set up a cable disk with a maggie or maybe a vee with a hydro disk then that might work.Well, actually due to the principles of hydraulics it would have a higher mechanical advantage, but the downside of this would be that the lever would feel spongy as hell, and the breaks would retract the same amount, which when using a disc and a maggie could be very bad, as in say a disc retracts 1mm, and a maggie 3mm (exaggeration), they would retract half the amount, so 0.5mm and 1.5mm, this would then be spread across the 2 calliper setups evenly (assuming they had the same amount of friction in them which they wouldn't) so they would both retract 1mm, meaning a shitty set-up disc and a constantly rubbing maggie. And like I said, the frictions would be different, so they would retract at different rates, more than likely meaning the disc would retract MORE than the maggie, just exaggerating the problem I just mentioned a minute ago.The other major problem would be that you'd have to find a mineral oil closed system disc to nick the calliper off of. Good luck with that one.So basically, yeah, good idea, but if you were set on running 2 hydraulic breaks it would be alot easyer to run either 2 maggies (above and bellow the stays) or 2 discs, (one on each side of the wheel). But both would need custom made massive master cylinders or motorbike break levers, which really aren't cheep.Or as mentioned, mechanical breaks would be a hell of a lot easier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 alternatively, get a v brake? far superior to a magura for sure! (never tried a rear disc for a long period of time) then you have stupid amounts of power on tap and it'll be lighter than any of these crazy contraptions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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