Brakes

[shmeado]

I was just wondering how u have your brakes setup on your bmx's. I am currently running a straight cable to the back and a front brake..

tell us what you are running and if you like it!

Matt.

[melbourne rider]

im running an odyssey linear slick kable in purple straight to the hombre's :p

I LIKE

[MUGEN]

tektro lever bent with a spanner to fit hands
non-compressible gear shifter (mtb) outter cable
brake inner
tektro calipers medium tension
tektro grey brake pads alligned flat (no toe-in)
demolition rim
cleaned occasionally with a bit simple green

and the result?
"dude do you have hydros?" :D
it pretty much has the capability to wake the whole neighbourhood up

[shmeado]

it pretty much has the capability to wake the whole neighbourhood up

yeh gotta love the sqeeky chrome rims

[TIMOH]

odyssey Monolever Medium (I think a medium?)
odyssey hazard lite chrome rim
odyssey evolvers - stock pads
demolition cable


Works pretty good.MUGEN set them up for me, I like the feel of them. Thanks tez :D

[bmx]

well, first i look at the ground, see if theres sand or grass (doesnt matter if there not coz i'll use the road), then drag my foot along the ground. thats my brakes

if not that, when i havebrakes, its then ody evolvers, linear slick, spring-tectro lever, koolstop pads

[hubbie]

it pretty much has the capability to wake the whole neighbourhood up

haha fools, my Hayes sole's honk too! or squeal cos of a slightly warped rotor.

I think it's josh harringtons brakes in 'sentenced to life', that sound like some psycho demon bird

[shmeado]

no longer run front

and for the back i run a tektro lever, odyssey linear slick, evolvers and kool stop phat pads onto a hazard lite rim.

[x]

White Fly bikes caliper:
http://forums.farkin.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=47827&stc=1&d=1160212078
Odyssey liner slic cable blue
Odyssey monolever medium

Chrome rim soon!

[poopoohead]

odyssey medium lever through odyssey linear slic kable to tektros with stock pads on a Rhyno lite crome.

Soon getting a demolition rim crome and hombres

[sketchyC]

oddy linear slic cable, cheap brakes, clean koolstop pads, clean alloy rim, and chep tektro lever

i clean the rim with windex often, and the brakes grip like crazy

[taylor-91]

i run
odyssey trigger lever (large)
odyssey linear slic cable
fly brakes
koolstop pads
run on a odyssey hazard lite rim
and a bit of simple green when tis needed

[freshly_squized]

oddsy straight cable staight to the back brakes

oddsy lever and cable nothing goes wrong with oddosy

[blomtrog]

yo yo , you guys have it all wrong!
back brakes arent the bomb. its front or none!
hehehehehe! if you case and your bach wheel buckles so much it bumbs your frame on the way around...
at least in my situation.. front flip fever.
yes....front brake lever, right hand, 60 odd cms of cable to front brake.
simple!:)

[shmeado]

i dont get it? why do you need 60cms of brake cable to the front? you just run it through the headset, its not like a straight cable for the back. i honestly hope that you are joking, because you would have to be the first person i have heard of only having a front brake, let alone have 60cm's of brake cable going to it.

[man]

Diatech dirt harry lever, Nokon cable (chrome), Odyssey evolver, kool stop eagle claw 2's, squeals like a bitch even though the pads have toe in claws...



If not that then Lotek kicks...

[extreme_ride]

Don't mean to steal this thread but can you run bmx brakes on a mountain bike

[taylor-91]

Don't mean to steal this thread but can you run bmx brakes on a mountain bike

if you are talking about v-brakes then yes i have seen a couple of mtb hardtail frames that have v-brake mounts on the frame so i guess that classifies as running bmx brakes on an mtb but im not sure whether they need to be a certian type of v-brake

[roasted]

Don't mean to steal this thread but can you run bmx brakes on a mountain bike

You cannot run U-brakes on most mtb's as they do not have U-brake mounts: They either have V-brake posts or a disc mount.
Many mtb frames these days do not have brake posts anyway, only disc mounts.
The only mtb frame I can think of compatible with U-brakes is a Geekhouse, and they are kinda rare.

[blomtrog]

yeah man im serious. i just cant get it around all the way for my x-ups.
well, my rear wheel is totally buckled so i cant run brakes on the rear, so i just run front brakes.:p

[x]

I don't think the latest Geekhouse frame has u-brake mounts. (I assume an older model did). Very nice bike by the way! Retails for $500 US.. Does anybody in Australia import them?

http://www.geekhousebikes.com/products/Wormtown/Production/wormtown-side.jpg

EDIT: added pic:
http://www.geekhousebikes.com/products/Wormtown/built%20wormtown%20lg.jpg