I think its funny that because its a nice frame i shouldnt have it drilled. Its not a rare frame by any means. Clean or not, its just a Samson frame.
They have been making frames since 1978!!...believe me, there are plenty of them around.

Yes it can be done. I have a Panasonic Keirin fork that I drilled. I did it myself with a hand drill.

The only caution is the hole needs to be very near the top if you want to use standard short reach calipers. I drill mine very close to the top and I'm right at the 39mm minimum...

So you say they are cheep there & lots of them. Question how cheep are they or that pink samson one in particular?

It really depends on the frame. This pink frame in particular will be about $350 if i decide to buy it.
Still havent decided. Hoping some white frame will pop up somewhere.


I thought about getting one of these dealios to mount a brake on it but the brake mount is nearly the price of the frame.


But now i recall these more primative ones ive seen. Currently tryin to get one of these to avoid having to drill the fork.

I say, if you can get a caliper, drill it. It's not a 3rensho.

Ive seen those drilled too.
The ONLY reason i wouldnt want to drill it is because of possibly wanting to resell it in the future.
Im gonna try to get one of those fork mounts pictured above if i can.

If that's the case (and that's a pretty good reason), why not just get a different fork? It can't be any harder to find a reasonably priced chrome threaded fork there than it is here... those keirin brake things have always struck me as expensive, inelegant solutions to a non-existent problem.

Why not get a front hub with a drum brake built into it? Sturmey Archer makes one, and I'm sure it's not the only option.

Can't you read!?!?

That frame is a masterpeice. It says so right on the headbadge.

And Shimano Nexave line is cheap and highly recommended - but the problem is, they need to clamp on the fork, and not all forks are compatible with these rollerbrakes.

Still, an excellent idea, I think, considering that a very good and reliablefront rollerbrake will cost only about 20 bux.

drum brake?
i have one, they're good.
they're also silent so you never know exactly when to brace yourself

Yea I was going to suggest those sweet Keirin road trainning brake things, but didn't know they were that expensive. Which, by the way, they are almost $350? For real?

if you drill out the fork and are worried about resale- just fill the hole with bondo or spackle or toothpaste and paint to match with a paint pen or nailpolish

are they really that much? wow.

https://trackstarnyc.com/store/catalo...products_id=93 they arent that much. its also a rear brake. oh well.

that is for a rear brake, not a front brake... a front brake is way better.

although the keirin riders seem to prefer only a rear brake for road training for some strange reason...(???)

I'm not really sure, but deathare mentioned that the frame cost $350, and that the brake was close to that.

I hope not haha.

Easy skidzzzz duh.

dumbest response ever!!

I know. same idea though. no drilling involved. and not 350 dollars.

those rear brake plate adaptors don't look too hard to make- just a couple pieces of rectangular1/8" alu or steel, some inner tube strips to protect the frame and a couple of bolts to bolt the whole mess on. and a cheap rear brake.

Yeah that really nice front brake thing is almost 200 bucks. Crazy.

Dayum.

I am sure that would look real good and fool everyone Why not just use