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Mads Hilberg
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After a near miss yesterday* I feel once again I need to consider how to improve the braking power
on my SWB. I currently have a caliper brake for which I have purchased very good brake blocks, but
it's not really enough it seems. The problem is that my forks don't have mounts for V-brakes, disc
brakes or drum brakes. The fork is for 451 wheels and is of a rather peculiar size in that there
height from the bottom of the headset to the top of the wheel is very very short. I managed to find
a caliper adaptor for magura hydraulic brakes, but the brake pads where below the rim due to this
short distance. Also finding a new caliper brake that is better than the current one is going to be
rather difficult due to the short distance from caliper mounting hole to the rim and the fact that
the cable must attach from the bottom up to avoid getting in the way of my leg.
The manufacturer of the bike does sell a fork with v-brake mounts, but there are various reasons why
I would prefer not to purchase that particular fork.
I believe one can get a simple adaptor to mount a hub brake on any fork - does something similar
also exist for disc brakes? If so, where can I get one?
Also, while a hub brake takes up a lot of space and would mean I'd have to get all new spokes, isn't
the hub for a disk brake the same size as a normal hub?
Any other ideas or recommendations?
Mads
*) Going 45km/h down a hill on the cycle path. A car pulls into a petrol station in front of me.
When the driver spots me he chooses to stop right in front if me instead of just continuing into the
petrol station and out of my way - deer in the headlights type thing. I jam on the brakes and stop
less than a foot from the side of his car - it seemed to take forever to stop although of course it
was pretty quick.
on my SWB. I currently have a caliper brake for which I have purchased very good brake blocks, but
it's not really enough it seems. The problem is that my forks don't have mounts for V-brakes, disc
brakes or drum brakes. The fork is for 451 wheels and is of a rather peculiar size in that there
height from the bottom of the headset to the top of the wheel is very very short. I managed to find
a caliper adaptor for magura hydraulic brakes, but the brake pads where below the rim due to this
short distance. Also finding a new caliper brake that is better than the current one is going to be
rather difficult due to the short distance from caliper mounting hole to the rim and the fact that
the cable must attach from the bottom up to avoid getting in the way of my leg.
The manufacturer of the bike does sell a fork with v-brake mounts, but there are various reasons why
I would prefer not to purchase that particular fork.
I believe one can get a simple adaptor to mount a hub brake on any fork - does something similar
also exist for disc brakes? If so, where can I get one?
Also, while a hub brake takes up a lot of space and would mean I'd have to get all new spokes, isn't
the hub for a disk brake the same size as a normal hub?
Any other ideas or recommendations?
Mads
*) Going 45km/h down a hill on the cycle path. A car pulls into a petrol station in front of me.
When the driver spots me he chooses to stop right in front if me instead of just continuing into the
petrol station and out of my way - deer in the headlights type thing. I jam on the brakes and stop
less than a foot from the side of his car - it seemed to take forever to stop although of course it
was pretty quick.