spider Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 i need to know if its good for trials use... have a nice day. :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Well most Professionals are using them these days so i asume so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyJames Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Well most Professionals are using them these days so i asume so! ← No they're not. Discs aren't used on the rear because they are crap on the rear and a search will come up with a thousand replies why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisa Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I think Ceaser Canas had one at the bike show. (is that him?) on a monty anyway. Really think its down to personal preference, if i'm right you ride an Alibongo. Frames that weren't designed around a disc (brisa, megamo) usually shit themselves at the first sign of stresses that discs produce. You may like it as there are quite a few people over on OTN that do but it will almost be at the sacrifice of your new frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialkid Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I think Ceaser Canas had one at the bike show. (is that him?) on a monty anyway. Really think its down to personal preference, if i'm right you ride an Alibongo. Frames that weren't designed around a disc (brisa, megamo) usually shit themselves at the first sign of stresses that discs produce. You may like it as there are quite a few people over on OTN that do but it will almost be at the sacrifice of your new frame. ← um how did you work that out. both the megamo and brisa's came with with disks front and rear as complete bikes, and were designed for them. the Brisa b20/26D has a normal disk tab and the dedicated magura disk tab. so i do believe they were designed for disks. i think the main reason is that disks can ahve amazing stopping power and modulation. but they do not bite and hold too well, there are exepctions but i think that is the main reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I am running a rear hope mono trials. Its petty good but not great. I hold for most moves, but as soon as your attention slips, so does the brake. You also get the spoke flex issues, a maggie is much has a much more confident feel when on the back wheel. To round up: Get the disk if your not so much into big moves, it will slip. If you just do small things or are a beginner, then its fine. PS I will probably stick the disk on for muddy comps, thats possibly the only place where a disk would beat a maggie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisa Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 um how did you work that out. both the megamo and brisa's came with with disks front and rear as complete bikes, and were designed for them. the Brisa b20/26D has a normal disk tab and the dedicated magura disk tab. so i do believe they were designed for disks. i think the main reason is that disks can ahve amazing stopping power and modulation. but they do not bite and hold too well, there are exepctions but i think that is the main reason. ← Sorry mate, poor sentence stringing together. I meant non disc frames cant hack it but ones such as brisa and megamo that were designed for it can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Well most Professionals are using them these days so i asume so! ← Name me 3 pros using rear discs. por favor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I think Ceaser Canas had one at the bike show. (is that him?) on a monty anyway. Really think its down to personal preference, if i'm right you ride an Alibongo. Frames that weren't designed around a disc (brisa, megamo) usually shit themselves at the first sign of stresses that discs produce. You may like it as there are quite a few people over on OTN that do but it will almost be at the sacrifice of your new frame. ← Erm megamo and brisa are the strongest two ONLY dam trials frames who can hold up to a disc Ali i had a rear hope trial, and to be truthfull it sucked mayjor ass. DO NOT get a disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonno Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 When i first started trials i used a C2 disk on the rear, thought it ok at the time but when i look back a magura is far superior (sp?), so if i was you i would stick with the maggie, Jonno......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRs Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 i used to run disk on the rear, Hope enduro 4. i loved it for the fact i could tare down steep hills doing manuals and it was so easy to control the bike, through the modulation of the brake. it locked pretty good when back wheeling and gaping etc. but it did like to loosen my spokes here and there and tended to get landed on sometimes! i wouldn't recomend it for trials use (well, maybe natural comps, but not street) as your pretty much guaranteed to snap off the top brake mount on the frame. expecially if your trying to back wheel something, then blunting back off backwards and landing with the brake on. It took me a lot of persuading to get me to leave my disk and goto maggy, but now i have, i wont go back. The lock and on/off feel of the brake , i find is very re-assuring and gives me confidence to do bigger stuff knowing it wont slip! Ry :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 i reccon disks are good enough on mods but lack power on the big wheels. cesar canas seemed to be riding fine with a rear disk on his mod :huh: oh and dave trials, did you face the disk tab? did you break it in properly? cheers Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 probly not either way they suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 probly not either way they suck. ← hahaha, you make me laugh :P 'i didnt bed in my disk brake or face my disk tabs therefore this particular disk brake is crap. dont get a disk!' :huh: Will :P" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Disks just dont have the hold, and they can rip your disk mounts off. Would be good in a wet muddy comp situation though :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 yer thats true, i reccon somebody should just make an alu frame with 10mm think disk tabs :huh: disks rock :P ta Gwylim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 hahaha, you make me laugh :P 'i didnt bed in my disk brake or face my disk tabs therefore this particular disk brake is crap. dont get a disk!' :huh: Will :P" ← Exactly how many positive comments have you heard for discs anyway they all suck its know fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waynio Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 disc on rear of a stock bike = death.............. disc on rear of mod = is ok. with it having a smaller wheel it will work better. 1 of 2 things. why change a brake that works?(magura) keep it on and you'll keep your life! ali c met us up at blackstrone edge on sunday and the 1st thing he did he was on his arse.....................and he will be 1st to second that, even though it holds on some things it doesnt when you need the brake to be reliable. Waynio.......................... when megamos used to come with them they had like 200mm rear rotors cos that would be the only size that would work...........half decent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Manning Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Name me 3 pros using rear discs. por favor. ← César Cañas - monty Mike Bentham - brisa Dani Comas - monty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 César Cañas - monty Mike Bentham - brisa Dani Comas - monty ← EXCELLENT! :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_Buchanan Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 (edited) My freind run a back disk on his raptor for only a short period of time and in that period it cracked the frame ( onza t-raptor ) when he contacted onza about a replacement they tried to give him some bullshit about "The frame isnt supposed to be used with a back disk " Even though the frame has a back disk mount... But no disks on the back are pretty shit i think... Lee Edited April 19, 2005 by Mr Koxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider Posted April 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 what about landing on things or hiting something with the rotor? can it happen? thanks... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 it can happen, but it doesnt happen as much as you would think, I havnt touched mine yet. I hit my front rotor much more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee_grant Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 (edited) i used to run a rear disk but i only got away with it because i weighed virturly(spelling) nothing but as i got heavier it started to fail on me so now i run a magura (Y) also i probaly wouldnt recomend it for trials use my personal opinion obviously :( Edited April 19, 2005 by wee_grant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave33 Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 dics are exellent on the rear apart from one thing they snap your frame in the end but apart from that when they have been beded in correctly and setup well they are muchmorepowerful than amagy, i know i had an m4 for a year and was mental, but it snapped 3 frames b*****d things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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