Linear brake on a KH?

I found pics of v-brake mounting kits.

Here's one. If the mounting allen-bolt was the same size as the
threaded holes in the KH fork, this would be perfect (I think)
[image:
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Here's another. If the loop worked on the (non-round) KH fork, this
would work, too.
[image: https://www.pacecycles.com/ProdIms/439.jpg]

Any suggestions? Anyone done this? Anyone?

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there are mounts that thread into the holes for the maguras on the
frame, just search the forum, they've been posted several times. or
you could go w/ these: http://tinyurl.com/2rpmap they are one of my
favorite designs that i've seen.

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Steve,

The trialsin ones in the link above are the adapter that I had on my KH
that you rode downn in sunny Florida.

http://tinyurl.com/4c8yta 8de5ef3c6b7a06136cf

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Why not go caliper?

I just got the odyssey 1999 for $20 from Harris Cyclery. It JUST fits
on my Nimbus36er.

http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/brake-calipers.html#74-95

It's pretty simple to drill a 1/4 hole in your frame to mount.

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mscalisi said:

Why not go caliper?

I just got the odyssey 1999 for $20 from Harris Cyclery. It JUST fits
on my Nimbus36er.

http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/brake-calipers.html#74-95

It's pretty simple to drill a 1/4 hole in your frame to mount.

In my (bike) experience, caliper brakes often don't return to center
after they're applied. Does this happen to yours?

Also, I'm not anxious to drill a hole in my KH29.

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steveyo said:

Here's another. If the loop worked on the (non-round) KH fork, this
would work, too.
[image: https://www.pacecycles.com/ProdIms/439.jpg]

Any suggestions? Anyone done this? Anyone?

Looks better than 'these'
(http://unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=566).

Where did you see those?

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There's really no reason not to go with V-style brakes on the 29er. The
impetus behind using maggies on unicycles comes from the fact that
linear pull brakes won't fit on unis with fat, 3" tires. On 29ers,
because there aren't any tires that fat (drat!), a linear pull would
work fine. I considered replacing my maguras on my KH29 (because they
were leaking) with some linear pulls, but the $36 for an adapter and
another $20+ for a used brake/lever made it just as cheap to replace
the lines on both my maguras with the braided steel lines. I'm also
crossing my fingers that eventually someone will market a truly fat
29er tire, one so big that it won't fit with a V-brake.

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I found that with the big apple 29x2.35 it was always a bit marginal,
the top wire runs very close to the tyre.

Personally I've moved to maguras on my 29er. I smacked my v-brake and
broke the wiggly cable bit on the brake and couldn't be arsed to fix
it. There wasn't a massive money saving on v-brakes, I just had them
because I wanted something easy to fix on the trail when I was going to
random places round the world.

I've got two sets of maguras off ebay for £20 each including shipping
($40), which is probably less than the cost of just getting v-brake
adaptors, even before you've bought a brake lever, a cable, a set of
cable cutters and a v-brake.

I wouldn't use a caliper brake on a unicycle where you already have
suitable brake mounts attached. I don't know anyone who uses caliper
brakes for proper muni, everyone seems to use maguras or v brakes, and
they work fantastically well. I think you need way more strong and
controllable brakes on a steep muni downhill than on a coker.

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skilewis74 said:

Looks better than 'these'
(http://unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=566).

Where did you see those?

I found them here:
https://www.pacecycles.com/product.asp?catID=3&subcat=439

Thanks, to frogy130 and and OneWheelLess for that trialsin link.
That's what I'm looking for.

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steveyo said:

In my (bike) experience, caliper brakes often don't return to center
after they're applied. Does this happen to yours?

I installed a caliper brake on my Coker and found the same thing.
After a little fiddling with the tension of the pivot bolt, I got the
brake to stop from dragging upon release... now it works great! It
doesn't seem to matter that the brake is slightly off-center.

Quoted message said:

Also, I'm not anxious to drill a hole in my KH29.

So, if you're not anxious, then you shouldn't have any reservations,
right?

Oh, do you mean you are anxious about drilling the hole? :p

Herein lies the beauty of the caliper brake. You don't have to drill
the hole exactly on-center to get the brake to work well. So, don't
worry about the placement of the hole, just make sure it's
perpendicular to the crown and you're set!

If you think about it, you won't really be removing much metal, let
alone from a critical part of the frame. Even if you have to re-drill
the hole, the frame will be fine.

You have my personal guarantee, Steve! Double your money back. 😄

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steveyo said:

I found them here:
https://www.pacecycles.com/product.asp?catID=3&subcat=439

Thanks, to frogy130 and and OneWheelLess for that trialsin link.
That's what I'm looking for.

The exchange rate + shiping accross the pond and it'd prob be the same
cost as buying and welding on some Magura mounts.

But then you'd have to find some at a good price :o

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those V-brake mounts that clamp round the frame, i strongly suspect the
existing magura mounts would be in the way and make it impossible to
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kington99 said:

those V-brake mounts that clamp round the frame, i strongly suspect the
existing magura mounts would be in the way and make it impossible to
use them.

Yes, I believe that's the case.

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Steveo,

if you do a search I have posted about V-brake adaptors almost two
years ago. I used Mission four bolt Magura V-brake addaptors. I gave
information about the site and pictures of the adaptors. Roger has
since stared to sell them. I have V-brakes mounted on my KH29 and they
work fine. I must say though that I don't use them very much when
riding cross country. i wouod use them much more if I did any amount of
road riding.

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Unicorn said:

Steveo,

if you do a search I have posted about V-brake adaptors almost two
years ago. I used Mission four bolt Magura V-brake addaptors. I gave
information about the site and pictures of the adaptors. Roger has
since stared to sell them. I have V-brakes mounted on my KH29 and they
work fine. I must say though that I don't use them very much when
riding cross country. i wouod use them much more if I did any amount of
road riding.

Unicorn

Thanks. I'm riding in a 24 hour race next month (Lifestyles of the
Rich and Famous), which has some steep hills. Last year I rode my KH29
and it was great for most of the race course, except for the steep
downhills. I'm putting the brake on partly because of that.

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