Originally Posted by
non-fixie
You need not limit yourself to nutted calipers. Should you find a nice period correct pair with recessed bolts, they can be used as well, no drilling required.
The front caliper goes on the rear, where it is mounted with a normal nut, ring and spacers. The rear caliper goes on the fork, using a 'coupling nut' and is tightened with a bolt. Like this:
(picture respectfully lifted from m-gineering.nl, where you'll find the instructions - use Google translate if you don't read Dutch)
Used this a couple of weeks ago on my
Bovid Blues Beater, and was quite pleased with the results.
Yeah, I've done that in the past but don't have a suitable pair of calipers on hand. If I have to source from outside my boneyard might as well do it right.
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