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The ABS controller knows that such a rapid deceleration is impossible, so it reduces the pressure to that brake until it sees an acceleration, then it increases the pressure until it sees the deceleration again. It might take a car five seconds to stop from 60 mph (96.6 kph) under ideal conditions, but a wheel that locks up could stop spinning in less than a second. If left unchecked, the wheel would stop much more quickly than any car could. Right before a wheel locks up, it will experience a rapid deceleration. It is looking for decelerations in the wheel that are out of the ordinary. The controller monitors the speed sensors at all times. We will discuss how one of the simpler systems works. There are many different variations and control algorithms for ABS systems. It watches the speed sensors and controls the valves. That is what the pump does when a valve reduces the pressure in a line, the pump is there to get the pressure back up. Since the valve is able to release pressure from the brakes, there has to be some way to put that pressure back.
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This prevents the pressure from rising further should the driver push the brake pedal harder.
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While it’s likely you can’t adapt your current bike to disc brakes, it does make it another great excuse to get that new bike.
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So in the end, there are many factors that make a disc brake road bike different to one with rim brakes. It’s something that has to be bought as a unit, and cannot be added on down the track to mechanical systems. With a hydraulic system, the shift and brake lever needs to be designed with an internal bladder system.
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These full hydraulic disc brakes replace the braided mechanical cable with a fully sealed hydraulic hose that sees fluid pressure transferred from the lever to the caliper - it’s a miniature version of the technology commonly found on modern motor bikes and cars. While such a system is regularly used for disc brakes too, suitably called ‘mechanical disc brakes’, the trend is toward full hydraulic systems. The majority of rim brakes on the market are mechanical in nature, using a braided cable to attach the lever to the caliper. Hydraulic systems, such as the one pictured in the lead photo at the top of the page have a sealed hose to house the fluid. Look to a disc brake road bike and if the quick release remains, then it’ll most likely be with a 100mm front and 135mm rear hub spacing.Ī mechanical disc brake clearly has a cable connecting it to the lever. For rim brakes, the standard quick release remains the king, with the industry long set on 100mm width front spacing, and a 130mm width rear hub at back (the width between the insides of both dropouts). If the place for the caliper and the different wheels weren’t enough, the wheel axle standards commonly differ with the introduction of disc brakes too. It's possible to adapt a Flat Mount frame to accept both types of calipers, but it's not possible to adapt a Post Mount frame to accept a flat mount caliper. Flat mount works in a near opposite fashion to Post Mount, with the bolts running through holes in the frame (or adaptor plate) and then threaded into the caliper. Flat mount offers a far cleaner, lower profile interface that works better in the tighter confines and with the less torturous braking demands (compared to mountain bikes) of road frames. Quickly taking over after Shimano introduced it in 2015, Flat Mount was designed specially for road bikes. Such a design typically ensures the caliber runs parallel to the disc rotor, but side-side adjustments can be made before tightening the caliber bolts. From here, a caliber is placed on top and bolted in place. The ‘Posts’ are designed into the frame and fork and are threaded to accept the caliber bolts. Post Mount is a modern design borrowed from mountain bikes. Right shows the new road-specific Flat Mount.