Brakes for homebuild

[Kenny_McCormic]

If this brake dosen't work, I'll probably take it off. Where some old minibikes sold with no brakes and a clutch, and also, do front brakes (only) work?

If you set it up right with a foot pedal it will work fine. Nothing is sold without brakes. Front only works great if you like eating dirt/picking gravel out of your skin.

 

[newrider3]

If you had a solid sprocket, you could set up a disc caliper using the sprocket as a rotor.

 

[jr dragster T]

Lol that would be the ghetto drilled and slotted rotor^

 

[Cotmullion]

If you had a solid sprocket, you could set up a disc caliper using the sprocket as a rotor.

It's a front bicycle sprocket, so it isn't solid.

 

[jr dragster T]

And your using #41 chain on that?

 

[Cotmullion]

And your using #41 chain on that?

Yes.

 

[MonroeMike]

Here's some pics of a scrub brake on an old bird frame. Maybe they will help you.

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

Yea, make a curved plate, more surface area.

 

[Cotmullion]

This is the brake I am using now, and yes, it is a foot operated scrub brake which I made yesterday. It seems OK, but exactly how fast will it wear the tire?

 

[SpyGuy]

Depends on riding conditions, and how hard you apply the brakes......... You WILL need a new tire a lot sooner than if you had a different brake setup, though, like a disc or drum.

 

[go kart mozart]

Ive been told they are useless wen they get wet but that could just be a rumor.