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Spokes
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 Posted: Sun 23rd Mar 7:33am Post subject: Why Are Bmx Brakes So Bad???? |
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I dont get it. U-brakes are such rubbish. Please explain this to me.
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tartgrandmother
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| Posted: Sun 23rd Mar 7:39am Post subject: |
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U-brakes?? V-brakes are better, try a different cable, i.e odyessey linear slik cable, and its also the levers and calipers, cant reccomend any calipers for U-brakes but you could use a shimano deore LX lever.
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Mattus
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| Posted: Sun 23rd Mar 8:30am Post subject: |
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i have an odyssey lever, wethepeople cable, wethepeople calipars and they work wicked
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Butch
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| Posted: Sun 23rd Mar 8:33am Post subject: |
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Well, for race bmx's anyway, the only use they get is for stopping at the end of the track, not during the riding, so why do they need to be good?
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JacobRjett
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| Posted: Sun 23rd Mar 8:39am Post subject: |
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also because the wheels are smaller:
theyr moving faster around
so its harder to grab the rim
but if you get the right setup, (i.e no tektro) try oddysey or something, and they should work well enough
and dont run a gyro
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TheRealHotKarl
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I only run brakes 'cause i'm new to riding bikes. I tend to just jump off before i actually use them though.
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wachtourak
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| Posted: Sun 23rd Mar 9:10am Post subject: |
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They can't make the brakes too good on a kids bike, you'd have kids everywhere going over the bars
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TheRealHotKarl
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| wachtourak wrote: | | They can't make the brakes too good on a kids bike, you'd have kids everywhere going over the bars |
I watched the crash vid remix video on vorb last night, Alot of mountain bikers were doing this. Any bmx with a front brake is warranting it's rider getting a nose job from the pavement.
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wachtourak
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| Posted: Sun 23rd Mar 9:18am Post subject: |
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Must have been BMXers on mountain bikes
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Wobbler
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| Posted: Sun 23rd Mar 9:19am Post subject: |
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Have you taken the training wheels off yet?
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dh_winner
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| Posted: Sun 23rd Mar 9:41am Post subject: RE: Why Are Bmx Brakes So Bad???? |
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| Spokes wrote: | | I dont get it. U-brakes are such rubbish. Please explain this to me. |
because you havnt got them set up right. With a decent cable and springs tensioned right they are like a perfectly bled disk brake, A solid ending and lockups with 1 finger.
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pushbikerider
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| JacobRjett wrote: | | ............but if you get the right setup, (i.e no tektro) try oddysey or something, and they should work |
Please, you're just a victim of marketing hype, tektro make most of the BMX brakes in the market, what you should say is that a brake with adustable spring tension is the go, yes a linear type cable will make for a firmer leaver, hell soft pads and a chrome rim help, BUT as dh_winner said, its all in the set up!
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dh_winner
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| pushbikerider wrote: | | JacobRjett wrote: | | ............but if you get the right setup, (i.e no tektro) try oddysey or something, and they should work |
Please, you're just a victim of marketing hype, tektro make most of the BMX brakes in the market, what you should say is that a brake with adustable spring tension is the go, yes a linear type cable will make for a firmer leaver, hell soft pads and a chrome rim help, BUT as dh_winner said, its all in the set up! |
yep. the brake i had was Tektro. I think a good solid lever may also help.
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TheRealHotKarl
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| Posted: Sun 23rd Mar 10:02am Post subject: |
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| Wobbler wrote: | | Have you taken the training wheels off yet? |
Never had training wheels. why are you even posting in here you mountainbiker.
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Bmx-Boi
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| Posted: Sun 23rd Mar 10:54am Post subject: |
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No need for big brands like oddeysey or stuff like that, tektro work fine just set them up right,
run single cable aswell itll help
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