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From the Curator:
"An upgrade often overlooked - Many enthusiasts get carried away trying to shave off every gram on a pair of hubs (in some cases, sacrificing other characteristics like hub engagement, bearing durability or spoke tension), and fail to address these two large pieces of rotational mass.
They are priced competitively, and can add a splash of colour to any wheel.
While maintaining excellent overall brake system performance, durability and cooling.
The best part, Installation is a simple - Plug and Play, it takes just 5-10 mins and can be done at home."
Tip;
Ashima Disc Caliper Adapters are a quick and simple way to utilize larger rotors on your Flat Mount frame or fork.
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The Ashima AiRotor is the third lightest option from Ashima. Despite its low weight, it is ideal, even for Mountain applications. It features a low mass, single-piece stainless steel construction that is meticulously machined out of a proprietary disc-brake specific, high grade SUS410 stainless steel alloy. Each individual rotor is then precision ground on each side to ensure perfect parallelism and hardened to HRC 42 for maximum durability.
While other manufacturers integrate materials such as titanium or carbon fiber into their rotor designs, they do so at the expenses of cost and more often than not, they do not last as long as 1-piece constructions. Ashima takes a different approach, their AiRotor's weight savings comes from very aggressive and stylistic machining.
The enlarged cut-outs in the rotor act as vents which aid in heat dissipation.
No special pads are required for use with these rotors.
Features:
- Super light weight
- Excellent Heat Dissipation
- Fully Tested beyond the ISO standard
- High grade SUS410 stainless steel
- Ground and Hardened to HRC 42
Rated for:
- XC
- Cyclocross
- Triathlon
- Road
- City
Quick Compare:
| 6 Bolt Interface |
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Ø140 |
Ø160 |
Ø180 |
Ø203 |
| Ashima AiNeon |
63 |
71 |
88 |
- |
| Ashima Ai2 |
64 |
73 |
104 |
- |
| Carbon-Ti |
65 |
77 |
94 |
- |
| Ashima AiRotor |
68 |
85 |
112 |
136 |
| Trickstuff |
68 |
93 |
126 |
156 |
| Brake Force One |
74 |
95 |
105 |
176 |
| Magura Storm SL.2 |
- |
97 |
119 |
- |
| Galfer Wave |
- |
100 |
110 |
140 |
| SRAM Centerline X |
86 |
101 |
122 |
- |
| Hope Floating |
84 |
102 |
146 |
173 |
| Jagwire Pro LR1 Lightweight |
85 |
105 |
130 |
- |
| Shimano SLX |
- |
114 |
140 |
179 |
| SRAM Centerline XR |
96 |
118 |
- |
- |
| Brake Stuff |
- |
126 |
165 |
193 |
| Swiss Stop Catalyst |
110 |
128 |
156 |
198 |
| Formula Monolitic |
- |
136 |
196 |
196 |
| Magura MDR-C |
- |
140 |
178 |
235 |
| Hayes |
- |
150 |
160 |
188 |
| TRP TR29 |
140 |
160 |
180 |
200 |
| Fouriers DSK1 |
100 |
116 |
136 |
162 |
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| Sorted by weight - Ø160 |
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Ashima is the most advanced company in Rotor design, technology and manufacturing. As a testimony to their R&D, they own more than 300 patents world wide.
They are no stranger to the weightweenie community and are most renown for:
"The World's Lightest Two-Piece Rotor" - Ashima AiNeon
"The World's Lightest One-Piece Rotor" - Ashima Ai2
Behind the scenes, Ashima is huge in the OEM/ODM market segment, producing rotors for some of the largest brand names in the industry. But their Flagship model remains kept under their belt. With their production scale and their in-house manufacturing facility, Ashima has been able to produce extremely high quality products at very palatable prices, putting their products high up on our list of favorite upgrades.
Elite Custom Singapore is the official South East Asian distributor for Ashima.
For Dealer enquiries, please drop us an email at info@elitecustom.sg
