disc brake, with pegs?

[mntlion]

So a BMX kid, that wants a mnt bike, comes into my shop, wants a hardtail hucker type bike, with 24" wheels, disc brakes and pegs.

closest I can find is a replacing the axel in a shimano disc hub with a longer threaded one, and then biulding with a 24" rim

deore hub, with Rhynolite 24" is what I'm thinking as a balance of price and durability.

Any other options?

[Tap]

mntlion, www.mtbr.com would be a good place to post this, they have a wheels/tires section

good luck with that wildness.

[scoober]

Sounds like replacing the axles would get the pegs on there. Although on the front, if he wants to run suspension, I'm not sure if any suspension forks have enough flat surface area on the mount tabs to fasten a peg all the way down.

I would also worry about every time he goes to grind or disaster on the peg side, and doesn't hit it dead on, he is going to be slamming the lower exposed half of the brake rotor right into his spokes. Be going through a lot of rotors that way and they aren't exactly cheap.

My only suggestion would be to see if you could find pictures of Aaron Chase's or Eric Porter's personal bikes and see if they are running anything funky on the non-drive side of the bike.

[jayfrizzo]

If he had shocks and pegs he'd be lucky.

MTBers who grind use their pedals. They even make pedals with the grind plate on one side.

Marzocchi does make the D.Street fork -- a 24"-specific fork with peg or gringplate mounts (dont' remember which). Downside: it's expensive and heavy, but supposedly bomber.

If he wants to go the rigid route the Funn Stiffy has peg mounts, too, I think.