Nothing upsets certain road riders quite as much as a disc brake. Currently portrayed as dangerous to the point of a blanket ban, cycling's governing body, the UCI, is soon expected restart the trial of the road cycling’s most topical component.
Regulations that may attempt to reduce the perceived risk that these components pose seem inevitable. One method would be to cover the disc rotor itself with a guard or shroud, and that’s exactly what Italian firm T°Red has done.
Set for future production, T°Red has designed a simple, two-piece carbon fibre component that covers practically all of the exposed section of the front and rear disc rotors. Once in place, the patent pending static guards should eliminate the chance of any disc brake cutting injury. Indeed, the guard should prevent skin to metal contact entirely, eliminating the much-feared disc brake burn.
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Dubbed the DonChisciotte, the patent-pending two-piece design fixes to the end cap of a wheel hub meaning there should be no need to change or adapt the frame, wheelset or disc rotors themselves in order to install. Buyers can either replace their hub's end cap with a compatible part or use a bushing at their own end cap to create an interference fit for the part to mount on. Options for 140mm and 160mm rotor sizes are planned.
We have to question the influence this design may have on the brake’s ability to dissipate heat.
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