Thread: Post mount revisited

thought so! read through brant's opinions on the chainstay mount benefits, that made sense, so why someone would've chosen one postmount on the chainstay and one on seatstay kind of seemed a bit half-empty/half-full thinking. either way, I thought it was a very elegant mount and I'm glad I saw it. iffy on the real benefits beyond being REALLY tight and beautifully rendered. (but sometimes beauty in a machine is enough of a...

Steve Stickel's been doing rear post-mount that way for years. Very cool stuff. -W Quote: Originally Posted by byknuts now THAT's a new way to do it.

I'm into having a $100 tool that I can easyly modify for 140mm or 180mm.

2nd for a $100 tool and adapters.

$100

Bob. I think they have all overbid....1 dollar....

Yo - MTB builder dudes. RE: the PM fixture. It's an easy & relatively inexpensive thing to make the fixture work for the standard PM placement as I have it drawn up, i.e., located for a 160 rotor and using adapters for larger sizes. I've considered making the fixture adjustable for larger sizes for post placement without having to use adapters, but am unsure of the value of this as it adds complexity & cost to the...

Plinko! I'll take fixtures you can modify for $100 Alex.

Quote: Originally Posted by byknuts now THAT's a new way to do it. what builder did this? is there a complete bike pic?

I have never done post-mount with the upside-down mount. May have issues among the various calipers with different mounting tab dimensions? Fun solution, though. I just do standard post-mount. (Thanks for the kind words, Walt : ) )