Cheap Brake Set
#1
Cheap Brake Set
Anyone know where I can find a complete front caliper brake set, with levers, cables, calipers, pads, etc? Im thinking 20$ish.
I used to get em used from my LBS but they ran out of spare sets to give me so I'm forced to get my own, since the set on my last bike was stolen along with the rest of my wheels.
I used to get em used from my LBS but they ran out of spare sets to give me so I'm forced to get my own, since the set on my last bike was stolen along with the rest of my wheels.
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Raving looney
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Toronto, ON, Canada
Bikes: 70s Leader Precision w/Shimano 600 (road), IRO Rob Roy (Fixed)
Cheapest I've seen without scouring for sales everywhere:
https://www.benscycle.net/index.php?m...oducts_id=2128
https://www.benscycle.net/index.php?m...oducts_id=2128
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#11
cab horn

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From: Toronto
Bikes: 1987 Bianchi Campione
What do you mean worth buying. It's $5. You get what you pay for. That being said, even the cable/housing would've probably cost you more if you bought seperately. Those calipers/levers however, sure aren't dual pivot anythings though.
More like something you'd see on a walmart bike.
More like something you'd see on a walmart bike.
#12
No. Those things are super flimsy and will bend/flex too much to make them worth while on anything but a little kids bike. Don't do it. Go to your local thrift store, buy an 80s road bike for $20, remove the brake, sell the frame to some kid on craigslist for $50, recycle/use the rest, buy beer with the leftover money.
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No. Those things are super flimsy and will bend/flex too much to make them worth while on anything but a little kids bike. Don't do it. Go to your local thrift store, buy an 80s road bike for $20, remove the brake, sell the frame to some kid on craigslist for $50, recycle/use the rest, buy beer with the leftover money.
#14
By buying beer with bike money? No, that's just how I got drunk a buncha times.
Here's a great deal if you did the whole 27" to 700c thing: https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...0Road%20Brakes. I'm guessing they'd work on any bike though. Some pretty cheap dual pivots: https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...0Road%20Brakes
Here's a great deal if you did the whole 27" to 700c thing: https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...0Road%20Brakes. I'm guessing they'd work on any bike though. Some pretty cheap dual pivots: https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...0Road%20Brakes
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