bob13bob

is this possible by drilling some holes into?
Better to just replace the fork?
Where good place to buy one with mounts?

Thanks.

Torchy McFlux

If the forks are steel, you can drill a 6mm hole right in the center about 13mm up from the bottom of the steerer tube. I'd recommend marking the spot with a center punch first, and only attempting this if you have access to a drill press. A straight clean hole that is perfectly perpendicular to the steerer is necessary. Use an HSS bit and a jig if the fork won't lie perfectly flat on the table. Bit speed should be slow, and pressure should be firm. A little cutting fluid wouldn't hurt either.

BCRider

By the term "some holes" I'm thinking you want to install V brakes on the fork legs. If so then just go lay down until the feeling goes away and then buy a new fork that comes with the posts already included.

The holes you're talking about will produce weak spots in the worst possible place on the fork leg. And it's not holes you need anyway, it's posts to mount the brakes onto. Not to mention that the correct position for the posts is inwards close to being in line with the inner surface of the fork legs so holes in the middle of the legs would not be in the right spot anyway.

If it's a through hole for regular caliper brakes then see Torchy's reply.

We could suggest places to buy one with the mounts you want but you'll have to tell us where you live.

bob13bob

thanks for the replies. So I can install caliper breaks with drilling or I can buy a cruiser fork with mount points. live in bay area. Any good sources for them?

BCRider

I take it that the bike only has a rear coaster brake at the moment? What about a front fender? Often the fender is mounted in the holes needed by a caliper brake. When you mount the caliper it holds the fender at the same time. But you remove the fender mounting bolt to make room for the caliper.

Tektro makes some nice long reach dual pivot calipers. They even have special cruiser bike calipers where the arms curve out and back in to allow for the often generous sidewall curve on the fat cruiser bike tires. Check it out for options. And I suggest that a nice caliper on a cruiser would look more in keeping than canti or V brakes. Besides, if there is a fender and fat cruiser tires it's likely that there's not enough room for the cross over cable on V brakes and possibly not enough room for the straddle cable with cantilever brakes.

bob13bob

Thanks guys. looks like it has mount point where fender it, but no spot for discs mounting. How compatible are forks on bikes? Could I get a mountain bike fork with disc mounts to put on here, would that fit.

Chainring

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The brake installs right through that hole where the fender mounting bolt goes. You would use a standard long reach side-pull caliper brake.

There is no need to try to put a disc brake on that bike. It is a regular beach cruiser and a disc brake would be unnecessary for the intended purpose of that kind of bike. Not to mention a new disc compatable fork would probably not even be available to fit the threaded headset on that bike or have the proper fork leg length and rake to work properly with that bike's geometry.

BCRider

Disc on a cruiser would look CUSTOM! Not worth the cost unless it's one sweet ride that you plan on owning for years to come though. A single cruiser caliper from Tektro along with a bar lever and some cable and housing would cost far, far less.

For a disc brake you'd need a new fork, the disc brake unit AND you'd need to build a custom wheel or get a mountain bike front wheel. And if the fork you have is a threaded headset fork you'd need to do a conversion to threadless which means a new headset and stem. So basically if it turns when you push on the bars you'd need to replace it top to bottom. Also there's two standards for fork steer tubes, 1 and 1 1/8 inch. If your bike uses a 1 inch steerer then it would make it harder but not impossible to find a fork that would work.

All in all just get a caliper, lever and cables and call it good.

Asi

or build a wheel with hub brake.