Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Which Brake Setup?

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RetroRoller
10-05-08, 02:23 PM
Building up my Fixed and am removing the rear brake and Found this on Ebay:
http://i12.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/a0/74/e0f8_1_b.JPG

Fits my theme but is the same brakes I currently have, which work, just not super great.

Then I found this at Nashbar
http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?category=600069&subcategory=60001014&brand=&sku=6220&storetype=&estoreid=&pagename=Shop%20by%20Subcat%3A%20Road%20Brakeshttp://www.nashbar.com/nashbar_photos/250/NS-RBCL-NCL-FRONT.jpg

was thinking of using this lever:
http://i17.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/10/f0/cf22_1.JPG

Is the cheapy nashbar brake going to perform any better?

Thanks,

CJ


pirate
10-05-08, 02:28 PM
the nashbar brake will preform much better than that janky anodized single pivot brake. The gold one looks super cheap and the arms will probably flex pretty hard under pressure.

iwegian
10-05-08, 11:14 PM
i think the vegas langster has gold brakes. you could look into that.


Sixty Fiver
10-05-08, 11:45 PM
+1 on the Nashbar brake as far as function goes.