mash65 Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 (edited) With 4 bolt maguras, the boosters cover all 4 bolts. With 2 bolt, the boosters only cover the top 2, and instead of having the top 2 bolting into the frame, you have some these 'elbows' which provide support by pushing against the insides of the frame. What I wonder is, why bother with these? Why not have, on a 2 bolt magura setup, no elbows, but a booster that covers all 4 holes? That way you are completely delegating the pressure to the booster, almost. Is this what the evo mounts do? :) The only problem that I can see is you'd have to take the whole thing apart to get your wheel off, unless you deflated the tire, which would be a pain, as it'd probably be hard to set up. But in conjunction with some custom clamps, maybe this wouldn't be a problem. Anyone understand what I just wrote? Thoughts? edit, crude mspaint diagram: This is a front view, slave cylinder clamps directly into booster with a clamp holding it on. Top bolts attatch to clamp only, bottom bolts also go into frame. Edited September 28, 2005 by mash65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 (edited) With 4 bolt maguras, the boosters cover all 4 bolts. With 2 bolt, the boosters only cover the top 2, and instead of having the top 2 bolting into the frame, you have some these 'elbows' which provide support by pushing against the insides of the frame. What I wonder is, why bother with these? Why not have, on a 2 bolt magura setup, no elbows, but a booster that covers all 4 holes? That way you are completely delegating the pressure to the booster, almost. Is this what the evo mounts do? :) The only problem that I can see is you'd have to take the whole thing apart to get your wheel off, unless you deflated the tire, which would be a pain, as it'd probably be hard to set up. But in conjunction with some custom clamps, maybe this wouldn't be a problem. Anyone understand what I just wrote? Thoughts? That's basicly what the new evo mounts do isn't it? Edited September 28, 2005 by JT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mash65 Posted September 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 (edited) That's basicly what the new evo mounts do isn't it? Ah. I wondered about that last night, but couldn't find a good picture to show there weren't elbows and eventually came to the conclusion that there were :) Still, above diagram is a slightly different setup... edit: On closer inspection, no it isn't. Thwarted within a minute! Edited September 28, 2005 by mash65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 In fairness, the "Evo2" adaptors are one step ahead of you :( Instead of having elbows propped against the frame, they just go into two fixed holes on the booster (i.e. not slotted). The lower, major bolts go through two vertically slots for bolt holes though, so there's still adjustability. Equally, it has the QR on it still, so you cna still take your wheel out easily. http://www.magura.de/english/bremsen/04_hs33.htm Check out the video at the very bottom right to see a really well-made vid of how the system works :angry: The really well-made vid which was just long enough for you two to reply to each other anyway :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mash65 Posted September 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 those bastards they stole my idea oh well. Here's for hoping we get some cool 3rd party evo2 boosters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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