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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: Gnarlyscoots on May 16, 2014, 04:05 PM
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Apart from the usual MX1000/900's and Tech 3's, which brake set would you recommend for an '84 build??
Front and rear.
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I've always liked 1020s and 890s with prebents.
Then again maybe Shimano levers for 84. Prefer the SX which were two tone over the DX.
:daumenhoch:
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Cheers bro. Would those calipers work on a freestyle bike? The levers wouldn't I know though :D
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For freestyle you need brakes with a little more grunt so to speak. MX900/1000s are way better the 890s or 1080s for freestyle if à little later than 84 you could go the Odyssey 1999/2000 option.
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Yer I know Marty. I just din't want to go the MX1000/900 route as, quite frankly, they are overpriced and boring. Everybody has them on everything and just thought maybe I should try something a little different. The trouble is, I am date OCD at the moment :D ;D
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I know some freestyle bikes did come with 890s front and rear.
Sure some of the cheaper Mongoose Freestylers came with this set up. :-\
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Yer I know Marty. I just din't want to go the MX1000/900 route as, quite frankly, they are overpriced and boring. Everybody has them on everything and just thought maybe I should try something a little different. The trouble is, I am date OCD at the moment :D ;D
You are so right about MX900/1000's, overpriced and boring, boring, boring, however there really wasn't that many other options for brakes other than DC 890's or Shimano Tourney.
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Yer I know Marty. I just din't want to go the MX1000/900 route as, quite frankly, they are overpriced and boring. Everybody has them on everything and just thought maybe I should try something a little different. The trouble is, I am date OCD at the moment :D ;D
You are so right about MX900/1000's, overpriced and boring, boring, boring, however there really wasn't that many other options for brakes other than DC 890's or Shimano Tourney.
Funny you mention Tourney Sean. I am just looking into those at the minute. The issue I have, it is a Freestyle F+F and quite rare, meaning it is not run of the mill so, I don't just want to throw anything on it. But, I am thinking of just throwing on some real cheap budget stuff, original items of course, not repop rubbish ;D
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Describing MX brakes as boring is a modern day builders hang up. I understand that when you're building lots of bikes its nice to mix things up and thankfully for most parts there is a wide variety of options but that really isn't the case with brakes.
BITD you chose MX as they were the best brakes, if you're building a high end freestyler (and i think i know what it is) to do it justice IMO there can be only one consideration... :daumenhoch:
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love dc straights... 8)
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I'd give Odyssey brakes some consideration.
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Describing MX brakes as boring is a modern day builders hang up. I understand that when you're building lots of bikes its nice to mix things up and thankfully for most parts there is a wide variety of options but that really isn't the case with brakes.
BITD you chose MX as they were the best brakes, if you're building a high end freestyler (and i think i know what it is) to do it justice IMO there can be only one consideration... :daumenhoch:
Each to there own I'd say , I love em and have em on all my bikes 👍
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I know some freestyle bikes did come with 890s front and rear.
Sure some of the cheaper Mongoose Freestylers came with this set up. :-\
A bit later but the 88 street scene came stock with 890's
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One of my favourite freestyle builds fitted with 880's front and rear Terry :daumenhoch:
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/ghp/58197/1
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One of my favourite freestyle builds fitted with 880's front and rear Terry :daumenhoch:
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/ghp/58197/1
I think I will for the 880's bro, if someone will part with a mint red set :daumenhoch:
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Good choice :daumenhoch: