U Brake help
01-12-06, 10:01 AM
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U Brake help
I got offered a nice looking MTB frame the other day with U-Brakes boosses. Is it worth it or can you still buy decent U-Brakes? The only U-Brake is on the rear seat stays, not an under mount. Any help would be appreciated.
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01-12-06, 03:59 PM
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Yeah, you can get decent U brakes. But that would be a dinosaur.
01-14-06, 03:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
Yeah, you can get decent U brakes. But that would be a dinosaur.
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01-14-06, 03:53 AM
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Ypu can still get the ad990, which is a pretty oldschool brake. Or maybe the Odyssey evolver if you don't fancy messing with canti posts..
01-14-06, 03:55 AM
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There's the Odyssey Evolver, Dia Compe AD990, and DiaTech makes one as well. I'm sure there are plenty of others, but those are the only ones I can think of right now. And they probably all limit your tire size a bit.
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
And they probably all limit your tire size a bit.
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But he wants to put them on a mountain bike. The standard knobby tire these days is easily at the 2 inch mark. If he wants to stay under that, and only ride in dry places, he's set. But a wider tire, or a bit of mud, and bad things happen.
