Originally Posted by luker
Are these brakes on the '78 huffy? If so, they are probably not going to get much better...they'd be steel sidepulls, if i recall correctly, with steel rims. Right?
I just tuned up an old Huffy for a friend. It had 26" wheels, I think, but was an old (but pretty) road frame with ashtabula cranks. The brakes on it were awful, but putting on newer brakepads certainly helped. You need to post more info according to luker's questions above.