Frame modifications

[RDL101]

Does any one know of someone in Gauteng that can weld disc brake mounts onto my vintage steel frame?  My nostalgia abrubtly stops when it comes to rim brakes.

 

[openmind]

Besides the fact that you should be whipped with a wet toe strap for even thinking such heretical thoughts 😉, you might want to consider whether the frame can withstand the forces from the disk brake that it was not designed to take, especially on the fork. Unless you plan to just cruise on flat roads on a Sunday I would suggest it's a bad idea just from that point of view. 

Have you ever used rim brakes? They work really well except on first gen carbon rims and they are virtually maintenance free. Ideal for a vintage bike that you want to ride only occasionally and otherwise just hang up and look at. 

But maybe I'm just a grumpy old guy!! It's your bike, have at it. 

[bebnin]

Did this conversion to a frame this weekend. Considering opening a side-hustle for it (I've heard quite a few people want it - heresy or not, I'll give the people what they want). But I'm in CPT, so unless you want to send the frame back and forth I can't help.

[shaper]

Fit a disc brake adaptor for non disc brake frames and then change your fork to a disc brake fork

[RDL101]

Maybe I did not use vintage in the correct way-it is an early 90's double butted kona mountainbike frame. No reason for someone to have nightmares of me hacking up an old roadbike frame. And yes, I have been cycling for more than 30 years, so I know all about the joys of rim brakes on wet/damp rims 😉