coker brake options?

Unicycles and Equipment
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What have long distance riders found to be the best brake set up on a coker?

I was considering a magura hydraulic brake but Tony suggested a V brake attached to a gear shifter would be better.

Are brakes used sporadicly or are they applied and held at the same pressure for long periods of time? I really like the smoothness and power of hydraulic brakes but I can see the benefit of perhaps being able to set a brake at a particular level and then not have to hold it.

Anyone from EUT have suggestions? Who else has a brake on their Coker?

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just try the damned hydraulic, besides they are just so sweet!
if worse comes to worse, you could put it on a Muni later. I personally dont really like the shifter for a lever. but who am I to talk about brakes of cokers?

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Re: coker brake options?

For road riding, a drag brake is great. I have an Odyssey A-Brake. Order
these:

http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=564 and

http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=566 and get yourself a lever
($5 or 10).

There are some photos of mine at:

http://tinyurl.com/17y2 - look at the first 3 and the last 6 photos.

In my opinion, a brake is absolutely necessary for long distance riding that
I would do (meaning I would never consider a flat ride!)

—Nathan

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>
> What have long distance riders found to be the best brake set up on a
> coker?
>
> I was considering a magura hydraulic brake but Tony suggested a V brake
> attached to a gear shifter would be better.
>
> Are brakes used sporadicly or are they applied and held at the same
> pressure for long periods of time? I really like the smoothness and
> power of hydraulic brakes but I can see the benefit of perhaps being
> able to set a brake at a particular level and then not have to hold
> it.
>
> Anyone from EUT have suggestions? Who else has a brake on their Coker?

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Magura’s are okay

I used Magura’s from my Muni for a couple of weeks on my Coker because my V-Brake bracket was defective and I could not use V-Brakes comfortably.

Maguras are great for stopping, but a drag break is better for long downs. I would only consider a on/off break for lots of short steep downs.

The ideal setup is to rig both an on/off brake and drag with either a V or Magura brake. I don’t think a Magura will give you a practical reason to choose it though. The steel braided cables are nice looking though…

-Bronson