So I went out today and......

[Colin B]

This happened to my rotor , basically riding with our dog at the side and dog darted in front broke hard and turned to avoid and headed a clunk as the bike stopped . Rotor came right out of the caliper and snapped apart so now its time for an upgrade/ repair any advice on 1 how the hell it happened and 2 reasonably priced upgrade including shop done labour

 

[KneesUp]

That looks mildly horrifying. I don't have disc brakes, so can't advise, but this looks like a reason to avoid them to me!

I'm going for a sit down with a sugary tea just at the thought of that happening at speed.

 

[Colin B]

That looks mildly horrifying. I don't have disc brakes, so can't advise, but this looks like a reason to avoid them to me!

I'm going for a sit down with a sugary tea just at the thought of that happening at speed.

Lol wasn't going too fast but it did make my bottom clench when the front wheel locked . Only fifteen minutes earlier I was going down an incline at 20 mph with no protection at all so coulda been a lot worse

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Looks like your discs were on back to front - I've never seen 'spokes' on discs pointing 'backwards'. They usually point forwards like this...

 

[Colin B]

Yeah I spotted that when I just removed it , seems in my haste to get out and ride I put the bugger on backwards ah well yer live and learn , just gives me an excuse to upgrade

 

[Deleted member 23692]

These are good value and quality. - http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/index.php?cPath=50

 

[Colin B]

Cheers bud but one question and yeah its a daft one . Inside the busted disk its engraved 180 so its a 180 mm disk yeah I'm new to this so being sure before I buy

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Sounds about right.

At a guess (...and it is a guess...) you've probably got 180mm on the front and 160mm on the back.

 

[Colin B]

Cheers I'm feeling a right d*** at the moment for putting it on wrong but nothing is on me is broken so that's good

 

[KneesUp]

..nothing is on me is broken so that's good

Exactly. Living and learning is much better than the alternatives!

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Don't woory mate - apart from a dent in in your pride, there's no real harm done,

... and if you order from Superstar you'll get a free bag of Haribo to make you feel better

 

[Crackle]

Cheers I'm feeling a right d*** at the moment for putting it on wrong but nothing is on me is broken so that's good

or on the dog

*Nips out to the shed just to make sure I haven't put mine on backwards

 

[subaqua]

I spent 5 minutes looking at the pic thinking " that looks backwards , sure it is" went out and looked at the one on my MTB and sure enough as others have posted. its on backwards.

ah well lesson learned .

 

[Colin B]

Oh yeah I figured that one out myself as I was taking it off lol , I'm just pleased that in my rush to ride it didn't end up worse I've been riding it for weeks nothing and today was enjoying motoring down stuff so it could have easily been a nasty day today . I won't be making g this mistake again that's for sure

 

[MikeG]

...........riding with our dog at the side......

I know people do this, but you imagine how you'd feel if you ran your own dog over? Is it worth the risk?