Yea I think bmxtrix had a typo. Chrome rims are the way to go like he said. If you run a straight cable (no rotor or spliters) with u-brakes and chrome rims you can get stopping power close to that of lineir pull (v-brakes). The only difference is that the V-Brakes will give you a more analog choice of stopping power from none to locking up your wheel. If you want to run front brakes you will need a new fork. The only thing you could get away with, with the stock fork is a side-pull brake. They have very poor braking ability. There is a slim to none chance you could do brake assisted nose manuals with side-pulls. There are two reasons for this: 1. The way that side-pulls are designed (they are mounted on the very top of the arms) They tend to have A LOTof flex. and 2. The way the cable is used to squeeze the arms allows a lot less force to be transford through the arms and to the rims.