Originally Posted by
jerryt
Very nice Zeuser. I'm not familiar with disc brakes. Does the brake stay on the frame when you swap wheels?
Disc brakes have the brake caliper bolted to the front fork or the frame (rear) and the discs are bolted to the wheels.
Bionx hub motors have the mounting points for disc brakes built-in. So the bionx rear hub wheel can work with conventional brakes or disc barkes.
In my case my "Transformer" has 4 wheels total.
- Front wheel with disc and off-road tire
- Rear wheel with disc, casette type gears and off-road tire (matches tire of above)
- Front wheel with disc and on-road tire
- Bionx hub wheel for the rear with 7 gears and disc and on-road tire (matches tire of above)
You can rear more about it in my
"Bionx Transformer" thread