jet sanchEz

Can someone explain to me what exactly this is? If I understand things correctly, this hub has an "arm" on it that would attach to the rear-stay of my bike and I would just pedal backwards to stop, is that right? The spacing is 126mm, was this designed with a road bike in mind? I think it might be fun to have this hub built onto a nice 700c rim and throw it on an old '80s road bike, would that work? Thanks for any input.

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LWaB

Wrong, drum brakes like this hub are operated by brake levers.

mastershake916

You're thinking of a coaster brake.

Stacey

The horizontal arm on the left is the brake reaction arm. It would get fixed to the left chain stay. The vertical arm on the right is the actuating arm. the end of your brake cable would attach there. You would also need a cable stop mounted on the left chain stay to act as a fixing point for the cable sheath. I'd think you could easily run a 3 - 5 speed cluster on that. When properly set up, its' a great stopper for the wet.

jet sanchEz

Ah, good thing I asked, it appears I was thinking of a coaster brake. I think a coaster brake would still be fun on a road bike, provided I have a front brake as well, has anyone here ever tried that? I am thinking it might be a relatively maintanence-free solution for a winter beater bike.

LWaB

Hard to back-pedal/activate coaster brake with a rear derailleur in the mix...

amnomad

I built an old motobecane with a single speed coaster for little rides through the neighborhood with my daughter and I love it. You can get sturmey archer internal geared hubs with coaster brakes too, I know they make 3 speeds, they or other brands may offer more gearing options.

Christof H

My all time absolute FAVORITE conversion is the coaster brake!

I take decent old road frames, and put on SA or shimano 33c 3 speed coaster brake hubs. I prefer the shimano hubs for ease of tuning, the SA hubs for class and bulletproofness. As far as I can tell, the coaster brake in these is a lot beefier than the average taiwan bmx version.

I usually run the shifter suicide style on the top tube just forward of the seat tube lugs -you are using a lugged frame, right? Or at least a varsity....

IF I run a front brake at all, it's a short, clean run. very snappy looking bikes once I put stache bars or flipped over roadster bars. My current project in this class is a lotus 2000R, with just the coaster brake. Excellent flatland beer racer!

Oh- don't spend much money on rear tires. Remember the skid art you did when you were a kid.......

Christof H

Incidentally, I just ran across a drum brake rear. I was joking about making a fixie out of it But I'll probablymake a bulletproof single speed with dual drums and a smooth riding frame .... I think I've got another mesa runner around

jet sanchEz

Yeah, I was thinking of doing this but with just one speed and I would have a front brake and the coaster brake for the rear. Do you have any pics of the conversions you have made, they sound very interesting and I have this old Bianchi frame here that is not doing anything, hrmmmmmmm.