I think you can buy a disc fork from Soma if a 350mm long steerer tube will work. ~$160 A rear disc can probably be added to the existing frame. Not that I encourage such things. I don't even like V-brakes.
Laing On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 2:41:18 PM UTC-4, Kieran J wrote: > I hear that. I won't consider selling the frame, and the bike you describe > in a ~67cm size with similar ride characteristics and any kind of > personality would mean custom, thus around $2k pricetag. Granted, I don't > know what builders charge for adding disc mounts. The frame needs some > other cosmetic work and I'd like a different colour, which is additional > motive for me to put it under the scalpel. > > Didn't someone else around here or on the interwebs add discs to an > Atlantis? Would the frame or more importantly, the fork differ enough > between the A and the R to cause concern? > > KJ > > > On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 11:32:54 AM UTC-7, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA > wrote: >> >> Disc brakes demand different structural support from frames and forks, >> and thus retrofitting them may be...challenging if not uneconomical. It may >> be better to sell the Ram and get a frame/fork specifically designed for >> disc brakes, but also with the ride characteristics of the Ram. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
