Disc tabs on a rigid steel frame?

[NAILTRAIL96]

Has anybody upgraded the brakes on a rigid steel frame to discs?.
Is it worth the bother, is it ruining a good frame.
Can it even be done, will an older stell frame take the strain of caliper mounts?.
I've no concrete plans as yet, just thinking out loud.

 

[haggis]

the frame will handle it no problem mate as long as you get them to add a small brace between chainstay and seatstay like the one on my bike here

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... ro+kilauea

 

[yeti-man]

Has anybody upgraded the brakes on a rigid steel frame to discs?.
- Yes - http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=136070 (here is the finished bike http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... sc&start=0)

Is it worth the bother,
- Yes i think so. But be aware of some costs attached. Including a respray of thick powder coat my disc retrofit ended up at around £700,-

is it ruining a good frame.
- no I dont think so if done propperly and inline with the design of the frame and done "in the spirit" of the frame

Can it even be done, will an older stell frame take the strain of caliper mounts?.
- Yes most frames except those with a U-bend dropout design like the Yeti FROs will need a support rod. Thin legged old forks I would be careful about. The crown will need to take much more brake momentum than the cantis will ever manage to produce.

I've no concrete plans as yet, just thinking out loud.
- go ahead - we are looking forward to see it!

 

[NAILTRAIL96]

Thanks for the replys, some very nice bikes there and in stunning colours too.
There may be a summer build on the way then.