Thread: Can anyone recommend a rim brake kit?
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Old 07-17-21 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Jax Rhapsody
That brake is garbage and the distance between his wheel and fork crown will be no different than the distance of a 20" or 26" wheel, with the proper fork. The wheel size is different but the gap will be the same regardless.

OP don't get that ****** caliper, get a side pull for a BMX bike. It'll fit. Bikes that use, or are side pull capable typically use the same size caliper. The only exclusions to this are road bikes that use a smaller one for the narrower wheel and smaller gap between the wheel and fork crown. Go get a BMX side pull, it fits those, it fits my laJolla, it'll fit your Onyx, it'll fit one of those 30" Schwinn cruisers from the mid-00s.
Why is that brake caliper garbage? It looks like every other BMX side pull caliper, but with a longer reach.

Did you miss the part in this thread in which the OP measured the distance from their fork crown to braking surface?
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