Hi all thanks a ton for all the info!!! I do have a front break on my 1965 Schwinn Typhoon... I bought it as just a frame.... so I put in a rigid mountain bike fork that is drilled for a front rim brake... and I do have one... with the change to 700 x 32c wheels I had to use a road bike front brake... with the brake for the 26" wheel the reach was too long... but the pivot bolt on the road bike front brake is too short... so I took a mountain bike front brake pulled the pivot bolt from it and changed it over in the road brake... works great.... I have been told many times over the years you want two brakes so if either one fails you still have brakes.... that is why I put the rear brake on... the first time i tried it out going down my gravel drive I did skid the rear wheel... I have these long dia-compe 80's brake levers so you can give them a squeeze.... I am putting in a six speed freewheel 14 x 32. I put in a YST sealed bottom bracket conversion so now I have a Stronglight triple crank on it... an Ashtabula stem.. wide moto cross handlebars.. seems to ride great.... or to me so far it does still a work in progress...

again thanks a ton for the info....

rc