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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: gary4130 on September 02, 2010, 10:26 PM
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thought i would give a twin front brake setup a go,as i broke a couple of bones in my hand + couldn't use brake properly (i have my front brake on left)took a bit of getting used to but works ok
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/P010910_08160001.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/P010910_08170001.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/P010910_08180001.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/P010910_08190001.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/P010910_08240001.jpg)
its just one long cable fed through ,works quite well 8)
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nice , but can't see the brake setup do some more close up pics of it, those stunt pegs are rad as is the frame
Glen
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Cool! doesn't the outer cable popout of the lever you aren't using though?
I've seen a couple of bikes with both levers working the front....I think what they had were 2 completely seperate cables running through oposing arms and anchoring into both brake arms. Each lever works as a stopper that way.
Are those Graveyard bars?
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heres my how to,hope this helps-all i used was 1 rear brake cable,an old gyro slug,2 cable stops + a g-sport nipple clamp (you could use 1 clamps you get with a hombre brake also)
to start with i used a slug from an old gyro cable as stops at the top of the stem- also make sure the outer cables are both cut to the same length
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/P050910_07580001.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/P050910_07590001.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/P050910_07590002.jpg)
feed the cable through to the brake as normal
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/P050910_08000003.jpg)
then i put an old cable stop up to the brake bolt plate -the put the outer cable on +threaded the cable into 1 side of the brake
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/P050910_08040001.jpg)
then over to the other side of brake
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/P050910_08000002.jpg)
and back up the other side-use the same process as previous -again making sure outer sleaves as same length
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/P050910_08000001.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/P050910_08050002.jpg)
and finally up to the other lever-pull cable tight +i used a g-sport nipple clamp to hold cable in lever
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/l79/gary7071/P050910_08010001.jpg)
once all tightened up you can use adjusters to get correct tension
forgot to say make sure you lube the cables well as you put together :)
if its on a new bike with a large hollow aheadsetbolt you could just have 1 cable fed all the way through +not have to mess about with cable stops ;)
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Cool! doesn't the outer cable popout of the lever you aren't using though?
I've seen a couple of bikes with both levers working the front....I think what they had were 2 completely seperate cables running through oposing arms and anchoring into both brake arms. Each lever works as a stopper that way.
Are those Graveyard bars?
yes the ti minimal sweep ones
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Aha, so it's the same as the set up I had seen but modified to fit through a 1" bike....nice one!
Nice bars too 8)