lankyri Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 me and ian was chatting about having the disk brake on the right hand side, wold this work, ok if you had straight forks than you could just rotate your forks but why isnt there a option for right hand side diskespicially when you side hop to the left you have this fear of hitting your disk but if it was on the right side you would not have that fearian also said that its not a option because of the calliperyour views Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve@banbury-trials Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 i'm not sure ,should be a wonder of the modern world i imagine its because of the added production costs of having to produce the same product just in to opposing ways, this would apply to frames ,forks ,brakes ,hubs etc steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Because it would increase the cost of production but give no benefit to the manufacturer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 i'm not sure ,should be a wonder of the modern world i imagine its because of the added production costs of having to produce the same product just in to opposing ways, this would apply to frames ,forks ,brakes ,hubs etc steveis only really the caliper that would need reproducing, or an adapter kit for one. frames... would never happen, unless we start seeing LHD trials frames, but then its not gunna solve the problem, cos wed be hitting mech's. hubs, as it would only happen on the front, can just flip the hub round, and woodman(i think) designed a hub a few years back, with 6 bolt disc faces on either side of the hub. so you could share the wheels between different bikes or summit. but in reality a hub could just be slung round the other way.as for forks, steel ones could have extra tabs brazed on. i for one, would buy a RHD disc if they came out. as i go to left, and its one of my bigger fears in trials, hence the reason im think about goin back to V's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lankyri Posted December 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 exactly i run vee at the mo, and i have run disks for a couple weeks, not mine but they have so much more power than a vee i guess we will see in the future of trials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 it is an option, just get some steel forks and weld the disk mount to the front of the righthand side. Can use the same caliper, disk, hub, rotor, lever everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 it is an option, just get some steel forks and weld the disk mount to the front of the righthand side. Can use the same caliper, disk, hub, rotor, lever everything.yea, aware of this ali, but how long till it stresses and pulls the mount off?as the force is puling the disk tab away from the forks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 standard forks seem to last ok, hooks put loads of rear stress on tabs, plus, if it was steel it would be easy to fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomer Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 (edited) ignore me. Edited December 5, 2006 by Broomer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Stop Junkie Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 In trials, there isn't always a compressive force on disc mounts on forks. Anytime the brake is stopping you rolling backwards, the disc is trying to be pulled off the fork, and they seem to hold up ok. Plus motorbikes sometimes have the disc on the front of the fork without problem.Just remember that an inch of weld can hold a tonne of weight. Braking forces arn't *that* high in trials! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lankyri Posted December 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 ignore me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Probably has something to do with 'International Standard' disc mount... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 iolo had a right hand side front disk, it was sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOLO Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 iolo had a right hand side front disk, it was sweet.i did too.it was a pair of steel forks with a homemade disk mount TIGed on.and it was perfect,still got em,however i now side hop the better way, which is to my right,so im ok,i have moved onto smashing my mech rather than my disk!and i gotta say, putting a disk on the right side is alot easyer than trying to making a left drive side. lolil try find a pic of the forks,iolo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Disks are on the left because nearly all frames are RHD and so the rear disk must be on the left..would look a bit miss-match with the front on the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theone2be Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 When i worked in MotorWorld i had to build a few bikes that had left and right front discs, . They were complete crap, the manufacturer had only made one caliper design for both sides and if you tried to put it on the right then it was sooo close to the spokes, and the caliper had a tendency to snap. Also if you didnt set it up absoluty perfect than half the time only one brake was working and all in all it was no more powerfull than a standard one. I would get a righthand side disc if i could just so i couldnt smash it on sidehops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooore! Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 someone should make a bike with dual front discs just for the novelty factor.Would be sh1te on a trials bike but truelly nuts on a DH bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_Neal Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 It's been done. Anyone remember the Marzocchi Bomber Z1s with the dual disc mounts. Someone brought out a hub and hose kit to allow it to be run - they must have done calipers as well.To be fair you could also run a v-brake and a cable disc off the same lever - it would have a lot of pull though before anything happened unless you set them very close to the rim and disc.Also there was a tandem years ago with two v-brakes on a set of Pace forks (front and rearward facing mounts) - how long they lasted, I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abtrials Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 i dont really know if it is worth it really, its about 15 quid for a new rotor if you are unfortunat enough to snap one. cheap as chips but if it was something that keept happening.run a v brake or magura you can set them up so good nowa days. i dont really see the need to run disk if your worried about rotors etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 someone should make a bike with dual front discs just for the novelty factor.Would be sh1te on a trials bike but truelly nuts on a DH bike.couple of years ago in mbuk, was reading about the shimano testing and theyd got some riders testing out dual discs, aparently lethal was the word. would lock up like crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe' Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 it is an option, just get some steel forks and weld the disk mount to the front of the righthand side. Can use the same caliper, disk, hub, rotor, lever everything.Good shout!was thinking about this my self a week ago. its not difficultclive, gary, iolo etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 (edited) just dont be clumsy and actually think about your riding, you wont hit it unless your careless Edited December 6, 2006 by ash-kennard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe' Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 just dont be clumsy and actually think about your riding, you wont hit it unless your carelessTrue ash, but its going to happen sooner or later. thats life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 i have ever hit mine and thats for over 1/2 a year. although someone rode into it and buckled it, beatch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 heh heh, I go through rotors fairly quick! Never riding street though, its always from riding natural and being in an awkward spot and leaning on it when trying to regain balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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