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old school brakes question...

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CD17:
Yes & why did they only put them on the back brake  :-\

SaMAlex:

I heard that the reason GT stopped using U brakes on their frames was because the "kids" who were buying their bikes had loads of trouble setting a U brake up so they went back to a side pull to give the bike shops less stress.

I think they only put U brakes on the back cos, as they were a newish brake, no-one had worked out that you could put them on the front and still use a hollow stem bolt.

MartyC:
U brakes were very hard to set-up and they usually fell apart unless you took good care of them as they attracted all the crap in the world.  I remember at Heff's the number of problems with them where they would fail, break or just fall apart and so on. 

thebigdog:
I am not sure about the Haros but as a genral rule GT put 990's on US built frames and High End complete bikes.

Vertigo's, performers I have seen from early 90's have caliper. Freestyles and stuff have 990 mounts. I have seen exceptions to the rule though  :idiot2:

gary4130:
could have been for costing reasons? having to buy AD 990's off dia compe and having to weld lugs on ? seams strange to go backwards  :idiot2: them when more rider owend companys came out ADD'S are back  :wtf: :wtf:

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