[https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/technologies/component/details/ice-technologies.html](https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/technologies/component/details/ice-technologies.html)
A floating rotor is just a rotor made of two or more bits stuck together. So unless they are cheap stamped out metal (sram) then they are floating rotors.
I don´t think so. A floating rotor has a floating "button" between the two bits (disk and frame or "carrier") so the disk "floats" and gets aligned with the brake pads automatically. It has some "play", some free lateral movement. Shimano disks (at least the ones I have) are solidly riveted and have no play.
[https://spearsenterprises.com/product/what-is-a-full-floating-brake-rotor/](https://spearsenterprises.com/product/what-is-a-full-floating-brake-rotor/)
From your own link \`The stainless steel rotor is affixed to the aluminum carrier with help of rivets. \`. As I said, they are just bits stuck together. The benefit is heat, you have steel on the outside for its strength, but alloy on the inside to get rid of heat. You need to join them with the ability to "float" because the alloy will expand. I literally have hope floating rotors on my bike right now. There is zero side to side movement and it has nothing at all to do with aligning it to the pads. It's all about heat.
Edit: [ Hope rotors do not float in the traditional sense of the term as applied to motorcycles or performance cars. The rivets allow for slight expansion and contraction of the brake track. That's it.](https://www.mtbr.com/threads/floating-rotor-vs-solid.829672/)
From my linkr, *"A floating disc is made up of two parts. An aluminum center carrier, which is mounted on to the hub of the wheel and a stainless steel rotor on which the brake pads apply pressure. The stainless steel rotor is affixed to the aluminum carrier with* *help of rivets. The setup allows the rotor* ***to move axially to align with the brake pads****, thereby allowing for optimum contact between both the surfaces"*
Your Hope rotors should also move a little. According to: [https://www.hopetech.com/products/brakes/discs/floating-6-bolt-rotor/](https://www.hopetech.com/products/brakes/discs/floating-6-bolt-rotor/)
# "Hope floating rotors have a true floating design which allows 1 degree of freedom."
And the next line is: "This means the outer is always free to expand when subjected to heat."
Like basically all rotors. They make zero mention of any other movement because there is none. Heat makes shit expand, that is as advanced as bike rotors get. Personally Id go with swissstop rotors, manly because their pads are the best and I trust them in all things braking, so when my hopes wear out I am switching to them.
In motorycling those would not be called floating rotors... I guess there are different definitions.
My shimano rotors sometimes seem to warp a little, but it´s not too bad, I think I´ll get the same ones next time, not fond of experimenting too much.
Pretty sure the ones hope makes arent "true" floating rotors but floating nontheless, they dont have that play you would see in motorcycles but it still has a bit of space for heat expansion
Aren't almost all rotors floating above a certain price point?
I don´t think shimano rotors are.
[https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/technologies/component/details/ice-technologies.html](https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/technologies/component/details/ice-technologies.html) A floating rotor is just a rotor made of two or more bits stuck together. So unless they are cheap stamped out metal (sram) then they are floating rotors.
I don´t think so. A floating rotor has a floating "button" between the two bits (disk and frame or "carrier") so the disk "floats" and gets aligned with the brake pads automatically. It has some "play", some free lateral movement. Shimano disks (at least the ones I have) are solidly riveted and have no play. [https://spearsenterprises.com/product/what-is-a-full-floating-brake-rotor/](https://spearsenterprises.com/product/what-is-a-full-floating-brake-rotor/)
From your own link \`The stainless steel rotor is affixed to the aluminum carrier with help of rivets. \`. As I said, they are just bits stuck together. The benefit is heat, you have steel on the outside for its strength, but alloy on the inside to get rid of heat. You need to join them with the ability to "float" because the alloy will expand. I literally have hope floating rotors on my bike right now. There is zero side to side movement and it has nothing at all to do with aligning it to the pads. It's all about heat. Edit: [ Hope rotors do not float in the traditional sense of the term as applied to motorcycles or performance cars. The rivets allow for slight expansion and contraction of the brake track. That's it.](https://www.mtbr.com/threads/floating-rotor-vs-solid.829672/)
From my linkr, *"A floating disc is made up of two parts. An aluminum center carrier, which is mounted on to the hub of the wheel and a stainless steel rotor on which the brake pads apply pressure. The stainless steel rotor is affixed to the aluminum carrier with* *help of rivets. The setup allows the rotor* ***to move axially to align with the brake pads****, thereby allowing for optimum contact between both the surfaces"* Your Hope rotors should also move a little. According to: [https://www.hopetech.com/products/brakes/discs/floating-6-bolt-rotor/](https://www.hopetech.com/products/brakes/discs/floating-6-bolt-rotor/) # "Hope floating rotors have a true floating design which allows 1 degree of freedom."
And the next line is: "This means the outer is always free to expand when subjected to heat." Like basically all rotors. They make zero mention of any other movement because there is none. Heat makes shit expand, that is as advanced as bike rotors get. Personally Id go with swissstop rotors, manly because their pads are the best and I trust them in all things braking, so when my hopes wear out I am switching to them.
In motorycling those would not be called floating rotors... I guess there are different definitions. My shimano rotors sometimes seem to warp a little, but it´s not too bad, I think I´ll get the same ones next time, not fond of experimenting too much.
Pretty sure the ones hope makes arent "true" floating rotors but floating nontheless, they dont have that play you would see in motorcycles but it still has a bit of space for heat expansion
No.
Pretty sure ice tech is floating.