Brakes! How are yours?

I apply the rear coaster first, maybe 50% followed up by the front v style brake. This combo stops me quickly if needed and does not stress out the rear brake.

My XTR V-brakes were awesome and worked very good. I am going to build using Hayes hydraulic 8" disk brakes next. I like to go fast and stop quick.

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My Homemade Dual Brake Lever

I am planning to go up and down Catalina Mountain here soon and last time I almost killed myself when my coaster brake failed. It was the only brake I had at that time.

Right now I have the coaster brake and front caliper brakes. But I want to be as safe as possible this time.

So I want to add rear caliper brakes as well just in case the coaster brakes fail. So I should have three brakes..one front, and two rear brakes. But I do not want two brake levers to deal with. So with no money I decided to make a dual pull lever with whatever I could find in my junk pile and this is what I came up with.

I still need to install the rear caliper and I need some brake cables the right length. But the cables should be the only thing I need to buy.

I'll post pics of the whole set-up when I finished, but you can at least check out the dual lever for right now.

I know it's not very "Professional" looking..but it did not cost me a dollar and should work find.

If you click on the pic for full size you should see a small description of what I have done. Anyone have any more specific question I'd be happy to go into detail. But it's pretty much self explanatory.

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Oh, someone mentioned before that you can pick up a bag of cables with various size's...where's that at?

Fair R,
Looks good to me and I really like the price. I'm going to do something, either buy or build cause my bars are looking pretty crowded and I feel that the dual lever idea is a definite safety feature. Can you adjust the bias betwen front and rear, or are you going to use this for just your rear brakes? Let us know how it works.

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I should be able to adjust the bias a little...how much? won't really know till I try it. It will work both front and rear brakes.

Good choice Lenny! You and I have the same theory: If you want to go fast...you better be able to stop fast. I bought my Hayes Nine for $70 Rotor included.

Brakes/Disc at Price Point

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I just added a front cantilever in the front as well i got a used duel brake handle from the bike store today when i went to mount the back brake the shoes wont reach the rim so i am going to go back and see if i can get one that will. Then i too will be a 3 brake man front and back cantilever and a coaster brake.

you can never have enough stopping power unless your front brake is all you got.

I upgraded to front suspension on both bikes that ive been riding lately and the one bike has 8" travel,upper tripple tree crown, a 8" rotor and 20mm thru axle.i think front suspension may improve front braking? i recently had a hard lesson in mb safety and santa got me a bell full face downhill helmet and im gonna slow it down a bit and have sweeet brakes.thanks for the dual rear brake idea.v-brakes are goin back on and maybe upgrade 6" rotor to a 7 or 8. peace out from a beach 300 miles south of the border

Theres nothing more exciting then finding something you did not know you had!!

While searching my other storage room for some brake cables, I came across some disc brakes.

Now if I can just figure out how to mount them. I can weld a mount for the calipers but I have no ideal how to mount the disc to the wheels.

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Don't know if you guys have see our disc brake auction. our kits allows front and rear discs with a rear motor sprocket. testing the uk market but coming soon to US. For pics, click here all the best chaps

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