i dunno shimano got sell break, brakes i know la.

m595 is 2010 deore right? looks like slx lever design. m575 is cheaper, looks different. try and ask scotty, i think he is using m575

M595 look nicer and lighter if that's a consideration

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Added on November 30, 2009, 7:52 pm

Shimano sell their hydro brakes 2 ways officially:

BR (brakes) and BL (levers) separately

or

As a set (pre-bleed) including the hose.... so if you don't mind ghetto a bit (too long brake hose)... just install without needed to do anything else

Awww... so you like white brakes 

alexrim dp17 is entry level. of course its gonna get bad user reviews from mtbr.com, its among the cheapest there.

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Added on December 1, 2009, 11:50 amcheapest m575, new, seems like a good deal.

http://bicyclebuysell.com/view_sell.php?id=82394

selling cos rear hose too short for tbolt

Thinking of selling my Recon 351 la.

I feel your pain brudder... carbon is just so captivating.. so mesmerizing.

It's like having Megan Fox getting relaxed and casual at home   

bell is an essential item for me...
to ting the hiker or jogger infront of me....
to ting the farm motobike that coming from front or back....
to ting the slow rider infront
to ting the rider behind and see are they following closely.....
to ting continuously when i need to catch rider alert or help.....
and last to ting for fun....

bro.
pictures says athousand words. lol
pics r up of my project bling

sauce: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_brake...nting_standards

Are you sure you don't mean a 7 inch rotor?

Should be the case in all likelihood... 7" = 180mm rotor.

Just need to check if your hub is 6 bolt (most likely) or centerlock.

ur frame is an xc frame, any more than 100mm and the head tube might crack. every frame is designed around a specific amount of travel, any more would change the geometry and stress concentration on the parts of the frame, usually the head tube.

Nvm , crack liao . Just change.

u increase travel, head tube angle decreases. less vertical, more horizontal. so instead of the force going from tyre>fork>stem>handlebar, more of the force is absorbed by the headtube compared to a steep angled headtube.

another thing is torquing. longer fork, more torque acting on the headtube, more stress. because usually force from the tire is never in the same angle as the headtube, there will always be torque acting upon the head tube. Torque=forcexradius (fork length)

hit a bump with a 100mm fork compared to 140mm fork at the same speed, u get the same force. but the torque acting upon the head tube is much higher with the 140mm fork. get what i mean?

stress at the bottom bracket (crank) is distributed among the front triangle(downtube) and the rear triangle(chainstay). torque acting on the head tube is like trying to pry the head tube away from the top and down tube.



pardon the lazy autocad drawing. was doing an assignment using autocad, so just used that.

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Added on December 3, 2009, 8:14 pmbtw assume the rectangle at the top is the head tube, and the longer rectangle as the fork length. too lazy to label.

simply put, dont put a 140mm travel fork on a xc frame that is designed for a 100mm fork, you will break the frame period.

y? 7 bolt rotor ah? the guy go machine his own rotors from a steel disc and drilled 7 bolt holes to it?
that's the only way i know how to get a 7 bolt rotor

or a 6 bolt rotor, go drill another hole, but then the force distribution wont the balanced and it might look ugly.