Thread: Just How Critical is Brake Rotor Direction?
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Old 01-28-23, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by wolfchild
The arrow in the very first pic is correct and that's the way all other rotors without the arrow should be installed.
Originally Posted by wolfchild
I just looked at my AVID rotors which I have on my bikes and that's the direction that the arrow and rotor spokes are pointing. My SHIMANO rotors which I have on another wheelset are the same as AVID.
Please, do look at these two rotors and tell me which one you think is "wrong:"



By the way, I'm running both of these rotors on my bike - a folding Dahon that I ride mostly on flat ground - and while I've got the Avid mounted in the orientation the arrow points to...



I mounted the Grimeca the "wrong" way around (according to Grimeca)...

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