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Old 03-12-19, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by rfmarotti
Can you expand on what you mean?
On the fork, the disc caliper is mounted on the back of the fork, which when the brake is applied clamps down on the rotor and based on the physics of the torque has a tendancy to want to pull the wheel out of the dropout if its a QR. This has been known to happen with MTBs before going to thru axle if the QR wasn't suffciently tight or the lawyer lips weren't big enough. On the rear the caliper is mount such that the torque from braking pushes the axle into the dropout so there won't be any alignment issues
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