Re: Those brake calipers. I seem to remember that was how the bike was sold. Keep the front end 'chopper clean'. On motorcycles at that time, if your state insisted on a front brake, you laced in a Honda 50 hub into the front wheel. Useless for stopping, but you were legal under state law.
Same idea on this bicycle. Make it look like it doesn't have a front brake, but still have dual calipers keeping the company on safe legal ground. Sure, you lost a lot of the braking action, but what kid really cared about that?
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