Originally Posted by
IthaDan
Cool, I've thought about this for years, but I'm not sure I would have used the calipers off a huffy- something more like a BMX caliper (or rollercam!) would have been on my parts list.
How'd the rear spacing work out? did you ahve to coldset the frame, or space the axle or were MTBs of that era 130mm?
I considered it, but those are what I happened to have on hand that fit the bill. I'm quite please with the calipers performance though!
Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
That GT is rad dad! Cable housing could stand to be shorter, though.
Yes, yes it could I've already trimmed a lot. Oh and I'm pretty sure it's exposure to your builds that planted this seed.
Edit: Meant to answer you Dan about the spacing, the dropouts are 135 the wheel is 130, I got a little anal and lined up the axle inside the drop outs, and let out the QR enough to slip over the whole thing, then I tightened it down putting pressure to keep the compression even instead of just non driveside I trust this just fine for myself.