While drunk last night I had what I thought was a great idea
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04-23-2012, 11:25 PM
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And now sober I still do, so help me pick it apart before I do it....
My bike now has no front brake (no that's not the great idea). Using the footbrake only has major drawbacks that you might not think of until you had to do it, I certainly didn't think of it. The drawback being mostly at stop lights and manuevering the bike around in parking areas, etc.. where you need both feet on the ground, but you need the bike to keep from rolling downhill etc, or you just need it to stay put with both feet firmly planted. Forget it, right?
OK, so while drunk with my buddies I thought - why the f' not just wire up the handbrake to work with the rear brake instead of using it as a footbrake?
Genius, right? Simple, cheap, and solves the problem directly. We all agreed it was a genius idea, but I'd had a lot to drink. This morning I still like it.
My bike now has no front brake (no that's not the great idea). Using the footbrake only has major drawbacks that you might not think of until you had to do it, I certainly didn't think of it. The drawback being mostly at stop lights and manuevering the bike around in parking areas, etc.. where you need both feet on the ground, but you need the bike to keep from rolling downhill etc, or you just need it to stay put with both feet firmly planted. Forget it, right?
OK, so while drunk with my buddies I thought - why the f' not just wire up the handbrake to work with the rear brake instead of using it as a footbrake?
Genius, right? Simple, cheap, and solves the problem directly. We all agreed it was a genius idea, but I'd had a lot to drink. This morning I still like it.
#62
04-24-2012, 12:07 AM
i rode a 69 sporty chopper for a few years, the front mastercylinder operated the rear banana caliper with a 8-10' braided hose. it worked great all but once.. ridding down a steep hill, riding the brakes. half way down the brake got hot and disappeared. i rolled through a red light and 4 lanes of busy traffic at the bottom.. that had nothing to do with the brake setup, only that there was no front brakes.. so it will work just fine, as long as you stay away from long steep hills
#64
04-24-2012, 04:41 AM
While I didn't feel like reading through 7 pages of comments. Here is my own $.02 considering that the front brake has more stopping power I'd say try swapping the rear caliper out with a front caliper for the added braking power. From there it should only need a modified mount for the bigger caliper and a longer line for the added distance. Shouldn't be too difficult in theory it will take a good bit more brake fluid though for the added length of the brake line. Or you could just keep the regular caliper and purchase a longer brake line. Goodridge makes quality brake lines I'm sure that you could find something through them or have a custom order done.
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