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Old 05-26-08 | 05:36 PM
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From: Florida

Bikes: 06 Felt F80

front brake for conversion?

Hi all. I'm working on a conversion and I need a front brake and lever for it.

As always I am on a tight budget for this project, and the frame is not worth putting alot of money into. I just need something that will get me stopped.

As far as I can figure I need a brake with about 70mm of reach. (replacing the 27's with 700c)... (stretched the fork to hold a 700c front wheel off my other bike and measured center of hole to center of break surface)
I am also looking for a cross type lever.

I was originally looking at this... http://bikeisland.com/cgi-bin/BKTK_S...ls&ProdID=1085
... however I don't think it has the reach I need.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


P.S. I was hoping to get through this build without asking any stupid questions that can be answered with a quick search, but I didn't find anything.

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