Alcon BBK Girodisc Group Buy?

[MaX PL]

After speaking with Girodisc this past week, I'm looking for 10 people to commit to a group buy for Girodisc rotors for the Alcon BBK. Or 5 who are willing to purchase two sets.

From what they tell me, they do not offer a rotor for this kit and are unwilling to dedicate the resources to producing one until they have enough interest, which is apparently 10 people.

If anyone is interested, please respond below so that we may perhaps get something going in the near future.

6 month lead time should we commit.

Thanks,

[SYT_Shadow]

but why? The Alcon rotors are top notch, not expensive and come prebedded

Girodisc rotors are high quality as well, but not better than the Alcons. And I say this having a set of Girodisc CCB rotors and Alcon rotors on my garage wall

This isn't the same situation as the AP Radical BBK, where the rotor (at least the v1 we used) was made of playdough. In that case, there was a lot to gain from the Giro version

[MaX PL]

The reason why is that my two day old Alcons are entirely covered in micro cracks. Can't imagine what they'll look like at day ten.

They obviously perform well as you mention, and I did run dust shields which may not be ideal and plan to remove in the next week or two, but if I can get 20 days out of Girodiscs versus 10 to 15 out of Alcons, it's worth a try. But maybe that's not possible and not worth the attempt. I've read many comments about Girodiscs "superior metallurgy" and why I decided to pursue this.

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by MaX PL

The reason why is that my two day old Alcons are entirely covered in micro cracks. Can't imagine what they'll look like at day ten.

They obviously perform well as you mention, and I did run dust shields which may not be ideal and plan to remove in the next week or two, but if I can get 20 days out of Girodiscs versus 10 to 15 out of Alcons, it's worth a try. But maybe that's not possible and not worth the attempt. I've read many comments about Girodiscs "superior metallurgy" and why I decided to pursue this.

Like for like, we got 12 days out of pfc rotors which are dry cut and use usa iron and 17 days out of the alcons.

Microcracks don't dictate when rotors are replaced. They are replaced when a crack gets through the rotor face after reaching the edge.

At 17 days, the alcons still haven't cracked through but that's plenty of durability for our tastes.

Get rid of your dust shields front and rear. They are not doing anything useful at the track. That will help

[MaX PL]

Thanks for the info on the micro cracks. I guess I'm jumping to conclusions as I don't remember how this played out on my first set last year. Perhaps with the the dust shields removed I'll be able to hit 17+ days.

Ultimately, more options is a positive and perhaps we'll get something from Girodisc whether thru a group buy or general release.

[Tonba]

Hmm if only it was an AP racing group buy…

[Track/S]

No need to do any group buying, talk to paragonbrakes, they make any discs without having to buy XXX units, and also from what I've seen they come out of the same oven as giro, they just wear their hats.