Feeler - Post mount fixtures

[VertigoCycles]

Hey folks, I posted this somewhere else on the internet but we have a slightly different audience here, so I thought I'd repost

I've been doing post mounts for a few years now as I'm sure many of us have. I made a 160mm PM fixture last year which has been serving me well and I'll be making more for 140 and 180mm mounts as well. Which brings me to the question...is there a demand for these tools? Do any of you want them? I can make my own crude tools and be done with it or I can have a shop give me a quote for quantities and sell them to people who need them.

Here's my "prototype"


new tool tuesday by VertigoCycles, on Flickr

P.S. I'm hedging my bets that 140mm rotors are going to come back when the big S companies get their shit together and start making hydro road calipers.

[johncaletti]

I think you're right on the 140mm rotors - think cx/road ("roaders" - patent pending....)
What about the height of the mounts - is that integrated into the fixture?
Can the same fixture be used on the front/fork? Or would it be like the calipers and change rotor size by 20mm? (As in a fixture for a 140mm rotor on the back would set you up for a 160mm rotor on the fork)
I'd probably want to get some.

Thanks Sean!

[VertigoCycles]

I think the same fixture can be used for frame and fork with a 4mm spacer between the fixture and fork tip. 4mm is off the top of my head and is untrustworthy but I'll chime in again once I have the details and the design figured out a little better.