Lower cost brake option

[Hazmat]

I'm just curious but have you tried HUFFY Mountain bikes brakes?? . One of my friends unicycle brakes are taken from those.

[pkittle]

Originally Posted by joemarshall

Do HS11s work on unicycles?

Yes. A friend has HS11s on his muni.

Another place to look for maguras is craigslist and the for sale section of the observedtrials.net fora.

[GhettoSmurf]

there is a company that makes a V-brake without a noodle
(jaguar I think)that should fit.
I think a pair of Shimano XT or XTR or Avid arch rival breaks with the parralelagram would work well, because the pad would hit simalar to maguras

[Unicorn]

Hi Everyone!

I took the time to take osme pictures of my V-Brake settup with the Mission 4Bolt Magura adaptors. the picture are however to large to upload. I will email thm to anyone who sends me thier email in a private mesage.

Some extra info. I now have the V-Brakes mounted on my KH29 with a 2.1" kenda Klaw tire. I previously had Shimano V-brakes mounted on my Onza 24" with a 3" Duro tire. I dismounted the brake from my Onza because I just never used it. On the KH29 I use it only when going down huge hills.

Unicorn

[pkittle]

On eBay right now, there's a guy selling NOS (new old-stock) magura master cylinders (the brake handle part) for $15, and slave cylinders (the parts that hold the brake pads) for $5 each. That's $25 for a whole wheel; you need to add only hose and oil and pads, and maybe a couple little parts like olives. Cheap and easy.

[Carey]

I am holding out for a cable brake solution. Don't want to mess with hydraulics. My son has them on his MTB and I like the cable set-up on my own MTB much better. Cheap, reliable, easy to fix and highly available parts.

Carey

[Hazmat]

Originally Posted by Carey

I am holding out for a cable brake solution. Don't want to mess with hydraulics. My son has them on his MTB and I like the cable set-up on my own MTB much better. Cheap, reliable, easy to fix and highly available parts.

Carey

Well why not find a spare MTB brakes set and attach it to your uni. There's of course the custom made option too. It shouldn't cost too much i don't think.

[Carey]

That's my plan. Unicorn put me onto those Magura adapters out of the UK that will allow a v-brake installation...have a set enroute now. Once I get them, I plan to put on a v-brake with the tallest arms I can find for tire clearance. Hoping it works out.

Carey

[henque19]

This is what i've done, works great!
Dunno what the type is called, but i had a break-set lying around at home. So I just drilled a hole in the frame and it was done.. piece o' cace, pretty much for free..

[Carey]

Nice job! Looks like you solved the problem at minimum cost and effort.

Carey

[joemarshall]

Originally Posted by henque19

This is what i've done, works great!
Dunno what the type is called, but i had a break-set lying around at home. So I just drilled a hole in the frame and it was done.. piece o' cace, pretty much for free..

What size tyre is that? It's either a relatively narrow tyre, or you've found a fantastically big caliper brake (which would be great).

Joe

[henque19]

Originally Posted by joemarshall

What size tyre is that? It's either a relatively narrow tyre, or you've found a fantastically big caliper brake (which would be great).

Joe

Its a 29x2.1" IRC Notos. Not too wide, but it should fit my newly ordered Panaracer Rampage tyre, yum!!!

[Unicorn]

Henque19 did a nice job putting his V-Brakes on. However he had to drill the frame of his Unicycle to do so. I am not a machinist and I don't have a machine shop. I would advice against drilling a hole in you Unicycle frame. If the hole is not totally in a strait line with the wheel then the pads will rub the rim at an angle. Also I don't know the efects of drilling a hole on the strength of a MUni frame where strenth is of the utmost importance.

I am all for adding stuff to your unicycle.

I am not for making changes to the stock frame.

Unicorn

[Brian O.]

Those aren't V-Brakes in the picture and you certainly don't need a machine shop to drill a hole in the frame. As long as the hole is relatively level it should work just fine, and many drills have a level built right in. One single hole on that type of frame, especially where that hole is put certainly won't effect the strength of the frame. I'm not trying to say there are no risks involved but it's a bit easier than you make it sound.

Originally Posted by Unicorn

Henque19 did a nice job putting his V-Brakes on. However he had to drill the frame of his Unicycle to do so. I am not a machinist and I don't have a machine shop. I would advice against drilling a hole in you Unicycle frame. If the hole is not totally in a strait line with the wheel then the pads will rub the rim at an angle. Also I don't know the efects of drilling a hole on the strength of a MUni frame where strenth is of the utmost importance.

I am all for adding stuff to your unicycle.

I am not for making changes to the stock frame.

Unicorn

[henque19]

Originally Posted by Unicorn

Henque19 did a nice job putting his V-Brakes on. However he had to drill the frame of his Unicycle to do so. I am not a machinist and I don't have a machine shop. I would advice against drilling a hole in you Unicycle frame. If the hole is not totally in a strait line with the wheel then the pads will rub the rim at an angle. Also I don't know the efects of drilling a hole on the strength of a MUni frame where strenth is of the utmost importance.

I am all for adding stuff to your unicycle.

I am not for making changes to the stock frame.

Unicorn

First of all, its not a v-brake. Those are attached in a similar way as maguras onto the side of the frame. If you have magura fittings on your frame, I think you can buy some kind of adaptor from unicycle.co.uk to fit v-brakes.
Second. It was no problem drilling a straight hole. I used a simple but strong hand-held drill and the hole is failrly straight. Doesn't matter too much if the hole is straight or not. It might even be bettter if its leaning a bit, more breaking area. I also don't think that the hole affects durability. I wouldn't do it on an aluminium frame, but as long as the hole is as far down as possible where the strain is minimum it souldn't compromise durability