Hi, if you are interested, I sell new and used HS33’s for way less than $200. A lightly used HS33 is $85 and comes ready to install and I’ll calculate the right brake line length for you. See some of it at:
I know you can get some great deals on e-bay and craig’s list on rim brakes, but I have found that so few biker types selling these know much about the obscure HS33s that its easy to end up with a brake that is sold as functioning and actually has a broken TPA (that big red knob) linkage or needs a lot of work/parts.
John is right in pointing out one of the key problems with rim brakes on larger wheels like a 36er. I’ve had this same problem and yes, a disk brake will fix this, but I found a little cheaper way to overcome it: I started putting together a hybrid HS33/HS22 Magura brake for 36ers and use them on my KH36er. They let you set the pads further away from the rim for way less annoying brake rub when accelerating and idling. More info on this here:
Cheers,
Brycer1968