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 |  Subject: im running a front brake and can bar spin 5/7/2010, 10:21 am | |
| by running my brake line thru the steer tube a front brake and barspins are possible |
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| | Subject: Re: im running a front brake and can bar spin 5/7/2010, 10:51 am | |
| | biz 1904 wrote: | | by running my brake line thru the steer tube a front brake and barspins are possible |
thats how my dirt jumper was set up - but it has discs on the bottom of the forks (until i took it off)
however on many bikes (like my bowery fixed) the brake itself hits the frame stopping a barspin from happeneing.
throw up some pix as id like to see your clearance on the brake to the frame - good job dude on lacin the cable thru the stem and steertube. |
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| | Subject: Re: im running a front brake and can bar spin 5/7/2010, 10:57 am | |
| thanks ive got about 3/8 between the downtube and the top of the cable arm |
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| | Subject: Re: im running a front brake and can bar spin 2/27/2011, 2:11 pm | |
| you can make your bike so that it has a Suicide Brake Lever. good places to put the brakes are on the top tube where your bars cant touch them ,or, on the seat post(AKA The suicide Brake) |
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| | Subject: Re: im running a front brake and can bar spin 2/27/2011, 2:29 pm | |
| One of these days i'll build a fixed with a front disc and run the cable down the steerer. I'm kinda surprised I havent seen more people doing that. |
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| | Subject: Re: im running a front brake and can bar spin 3/8/2011, 11:54 pm | |
| | DirtyBobbysBikes wrote: | | One of these days i'll build a fixed with a front disc and run the cable down the steerer. I'm kinda surprised I havent seen more people doing that. |
while your idea is a good one, its just not "cool" to run brakes on fixed gears! haha.
i love the idea of a front disc, but that sounds like an expensive hub!! |
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| | Subject: Re: im running a front brake and can bar spin 3/9/2011, 5:43 am | |
| | punkbrad wrote: | | DirtyBobbysBikes wrote: | | One of these days i'll build a fixed with a front disc and run the cable down the steerer. I'm kinda surprised I havent seen more people doing that. |
while your idea is a good one, its just not "cool" to run brakes on fixed gears! haha.
i love the idea of a front disc, but that sounds like an expensive hub!! |
You're right about it not being "cool" to run brakes. I do it anyway on my rain/beater bike. A lot of kids around here end up running MTB forks on their "tarck" setups anyway. It wouldnt be any harder to get one with a disc mount and lace up just about any front disc hub to a deep V/chukker/B43/ect/ Hollow starnut. Mechanical avid disc brakes are pretty cheap now days. If you wanted to be different that would be a good way to do it. |
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