[Stoob]

I am thinking of upgrading the equipment I have on a 11 year old mountain bike.

I am mostly concerned with the brakes. I currently have it fitted with V-brakes but would like to upgrade to discs, however because of the age of the bike I only have the necessary mounts on the front (retrofitted rock shoks).

I would like to know if there is any benefit from only having a disc brake on the front (The front seems to have the biggest effect on stopping a bike) If not are there brackets available that would allow the fitting of a disc brake on the rear of an old style bike.

Any help is much appreciated

[jgl]

You're correct- if you know how to brake properly, then most of your stopping power comes from the front brake.

So a disc brake on the front and a v-brake on the rear is a good upgrade. That's the setup that I have on my cross country bike because I like the simplicity of v-brakes. I find this combination provides adequate stopping power for anything in HK.

If you want cheap and effective disc brakes, get Avid BB7s (not the BB5s). They are cable-actuated so you can re-use your existing v-brake lever. If you want marginally better stopping power, go with hydraulics (considerably more expense and messier to tinker with).

[Stoob]

Thanks for the info...

Is it easy enough to buy a single brake in HK?

[jgl]

It should be easy enough. As far as I know, brakes are not usually sold in sets.

[jgl]

Are you perchance riding a Killer V?

[Stoob]

Did you perchance see a similar question in a different forum?

[jgl]

Originally Posted by Stoob

Did you perchance see a similar question in a different forum?

How'd you guess

Hopefully this forum was a little more relevant than the bikeforums response.