Single speed hub with a rear brake?
05-24-09 | 09:47 AM
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Single speed hub with a rear brake?
I am building my first bike in 8 years and looking at doing a fix gear or ss. What I would like to know is it possible to have a rear hub that lets you cruse like a single speed but will also act like a brake on a fix gear? If so what companies make that type of hub for a fat tire?
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05-24-09 | 09:54 AM
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Bikes: surly steamroller w/coaster brake, electra single speed cruiser, specialized rockhopper commuter, no-name single speed folder, 700c ultimate wheel, 24" unicycle, specialized bmx lsd, single seat single speed huffy tandem, pink upsidedown parade bike
05-24-09 | 10:02 AM
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05-24-09 | 10:20 AM
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A good coaster brake will allow you to skid the back wheel so in that, it stops as well as a fixed gear (sans brakes) and whenever possible, I have retrofitted many coaster equipped bikes with an additional front brake to improve the braking.
Coaster brakes were not designed for high speed use or long descents as they generate a great deal of heat and have a tendency to fade when they get hot.
This is my 1940 road / path racer and it was equipped with a front brake after I was unable to prevent myself from broadsiding a car that pulled out in front of me... the brake was working as well as a coaster could and know that if I had a front brake I would not have hit the car.
It is too fast a bike to only have a coaster brake and is exceptionally fast on descents... a coaster brake would get so hot on these that it would burn your fingers and probably stop working.
I know this from experience.
Coaster brakes were not designed for high speed use or long descents as they generate a great deal of heat and have a tendency to fade when they get hot.
This is my 1940 road / path racer and it was equipped with a front brake after I was unable to prevent myself from broadsiding a car that pulled out in front of me... the brake was working as well as a coaster could and know that if I had a front brake I would not have hit the car.
It is too fast a bike to only have a coaster brake and is exceptionally fast on descents... a coaster brake would get so hot on these that it would burn your fingers and probably stop working.
I know this from experience.
