Originally Posted by
bikemig
Well these are on the chainstays which is why I made this point. Even on the chainstays they work well for general road riding.
I don't know if I've seen a mountain bike with the u brake on the seat stays but u brakes work well even if they are a pain to work on when they are on the chainstays.
A bunch of brands in the late 80s put U-brakes on the seatstays, most notably GT and Schwinn (High Sierras came with seatstay u-brakes for 2-3 years in the late 80s). And almost all the high-end boutique brands in the late 80s and early 90s had seatstay u-brakes (Salsa, Cunningham, Steve Potts, WTB, Grove Innovations, etc...).