Front wheel brake

Josh Young

Josh Young

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yea, think about the metal cores. if you could lower the pads you could have the pads push against the metal in the core bc there just solid. that would be bad ass. i wouldnt run this on my scoot bc if i had a backup i shur would. i would rig up my 125 scoot with no back break, and a front break now that would be straight up getto sick ass bmx shit man.
 
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Snow Patrol

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i keep the pad in the front because if it was in back of the fork and anything happened it would get stuck in it and if eat fat shit.

it brakes just fine no matter what the position is anyways, i love riding it, but theres a few tricks you kinda have to sacrifice in order to use it.
 
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ENERGY TURTLE

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John Radtke said:
i keep the pad in the front because if it was in back of the fork and anything happened it would get stuck in it and if eat fat shit.

it brakes just fine no matter what the position is anyways, i love riding it, but theres a few tricks you kinda have to sacrifice in order to use it.
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I assume you mean scooter flips, and that you hold it with your left hand... Try putting the lever on your right side so you can still do scooterflips.
 
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mat

Steel Member
yer iv been workin on one thats very smiler, its almost done

edit october 200i8; HOLY SHIT DID I REALLY SAY "YER"???? wow.
 
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Meep94

Member
if it works good make a how to please ive been working on one the past couple of days but it rubs against the wheel slightly whaenj i pull the lever but it wornt get the good brakeing power
 
Madis

Madis

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John Radtke said:
Adam S said:
What did you use to make the housing stop so the cable can be pulled? Ive been trying to do this for so long but always get stuck at that point.

And if you want to use a bigger wheel, get a 125mm fork.
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i fixed that problem, im riding 100s at the moment with it and it still works great

it would actually be really hard to rig it on an SR fork, the because the brake cable would have no place to go through unless you drilled a hole next to the compression bolt on the bottom, and the star nut would definatly kill it because the cable coudnt go through.
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Wrong.

Cable would go outside the entire way down the bars to the slits of the bars, and the cable would go into the forktube between those slits. Starnut is probably above the slits anyway so the cable will pass the starnut.
And brake mounts would be a lot easier to build on SR 125mm forks and use a 100mm wheel on it.
 
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Marko S

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LoL JOhn but great job in one month can u my prototype of the front brake that will be sick hahah but thats a secret also pssssst... :)
 
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dre

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Here's my idea for a front brake. You can easily get all the parts at your local hardware store. The red coloured parts are part of the brake system, and most of it is inside the stem. It basically goes from the top of the crossbar and through the stem (drill a hole through the top of the crossbar, and stick the threaded bar through). There's also a spring in between the top pad that you press down and the top of the crossbar to make it go up automatically when you let go of it. And the pad on the bottom and the one on top are up to you to design and make however way you like best (it's not that hard to find materials for it). The plus to this design is that there are not cables involved or brake levers, so it's nice and out of the way. The downside is that you have to move your hand to the middle of the bars to push the brake down, and you also can't use a compression system with it, but that's no big deal at all.

picture:
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simson127

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i recon if u hav a leever u could attach a short cable from the leever to the button bit on top of the bars, then wen u pull on the leever the wire pulls the button down? i recon that wud work
 
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Snow Patrol

Member
it works just fine the way it is. its the simplest way to ride a front brake and it works perfect, and you dont have to do much anyways. Anyone who knows how to fix a bike brake can do it.
 
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GNarNik

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Tony said:
^^^Doubt it, copper bends like a bannana. And it is expensive. I had to learn the hard way.
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no dude copper is legit as hellz my t tube broke before my 18s even bent. hey john make a tutorial for this pllllllllllllzz i have a free brake lever and i wanna make a front brake you know
 
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mat

Steel Member
bumping threads is ok, but only if there is a good reason to bump it. i like this tread, but yeah the bump was not needed. copper is weak and heavy.
 
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