Question about brakes.

Micah · 2011-10-22, 03:18 AM

Do you think that I could use a caliper brake or a center pull brake on a unicycle? I would imagine it'd be fine. I'm just wondering why people don't use cable actuated brakes. It seems like it's also a logical way instead of hydraulic Magura brakes.

saskatchewanian · 2011-10-22, 03:28 AM

They work great on road wheels but it is hard to get a cable actuated rim brake too fit around a 3" tire.

I used a BMX style brake on my 36 and road 27 for a while and they worked just fine. Eventually switched to Maguras for better modulation and stopping power then to disks to remove wheel/frame flex from the equation.

pinefresh · 2011-10-22, 06:50 AM

If you search there's a couple threads about it, I'd start here,
http://unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81006

I plan on giving this a try after I get a 29er.

Micah · 2011-10-22, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saskatchewanian

They work great on road wheels but it is hard to get a cable actuated rim brake too fit around a 3" tire.

Well that works perfectly! I'd be using it strictly on a road tire.

tholub · 2011-10-23, 05:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Micah

Well that works perfectly! I'd be using it strictly on a road tire.

I have a V-brake on a 29er road/MUni cross, it works great, and more reliably than the Maguras.

2011-10-22, 03:18 AM	#1
Micah Micah Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Binghamton, New York Age: 17 Posts: 62	Question about brakes. Do you think that I could use a caliper brake or a center pull brake on a unicycle? I would imagine it'd be fine. I'm just wondering why people don't use cable actuated brakes. It seems like it's also a logical way instead of hydraulic Magura brakes.

2011-10-22, 03:28 AM	#2
saskatchewanian ERIC P Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denare Beach, Saskatchewan, Canada Age: 27 Posts: 5,244	They work great on road wheels but it is hard to get a cable actuated rim brake too fit around a 3" tire. I used a BMX style brake on my 36 and road 27 for a while and they worked just fine. Eventually switched to Maguras for better modulation and stopping power then to disks to remove wheel/frame flex from the equation. __________________ My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. - Jack Layton

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2011-10-22, 06:50 AM	#3
pinefresh ɹǝsn pǝɹǝʇsıƃǝᴚ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: British Colombia, Canada Age: 22 Posts: 326	If you search there's a couple threads about it, I'd start here, http://unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81006 I plan on giving this a try after I get a 29er.

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