[FINNY(uk)]

Hi Guys, I am new here, I need to know what brake Brace is used on this bike:madman: , pics attached, I have been told the brakes are Cantilevers by Avid, I have also been told the Brake Brace is from a Mid 80's Mountain Bike, I need two(One Pair) of these, any help would be appreciated
regards

 

[muddybuddy]

I don't believe Avid was even around in 1986. The brakes look like standard cantis of the era. Probably Shimano, Suntour or Dia Compe.

 

[eastcoaststeve]

Those braces look like the bolt-on canti converters for when you don't want to run sidepull brakes. I have one or two that I've used on my gravity bikes in the past. They clamp on with hose clamps.



Steve

 

[ong]

I want to know the brand of the lilac accordion-style seatpost cover! BMX is weird...

 

[muddybuddy]

I want to see how he's running canti brakes on the front with the brake cable running through the stem bolt.

 

[jeff]

I want to see how he's running canti brakes on the front with the brake cable running through the stem bolt.

"Potts Mod" stem bolt. Google it.

 

[muddybuddy]

"Potts Mod" stem bolt. Google it.

I understand the Potts Mod. I just can't picture in my head how to do it with cantis.

 

[jeff]

I understand the Potts Mod. I just can't picture in my head how to do it with cantis.

You got me there.

 

[MendonCycleSmith]

WTF? I was thinking the same thing, how'd he run cantis with a Gyro style set up, then I looked closer, and there's no brake up front, yet the cables there. Wait, in the bottom pic, there appears to be something on the back side of the fork, but in the top pic, you see nothing but a foot platform thingy, (sorry, BMX lingo ain't my strong suit!)

More pics or it didn't happen.....

 

[chefmiguel]

FFork was drilled out straddle cable was snaked thru the fork legs. Cable hanger was in steerer tube above the drilled out hole. It didn't work that well but really didn't have to as eddie fiola rode ramps.
I worked in a shop where a mechanic built a replica and soon had to replace fork and go back to a mx1000 brake like the rest of us.
ong that seatpost cover was readily available at the time in shops. Different guys put it out but basically pool tubing

 

[Boy named SSue]

ong that seatpost cover was readily available at the time in shops. Different guys put it out but basically pool tubing

Was there a point to the seatpost cover?

 

[sandmangts]

Was there a point to the seatpost cover?

Any trick that required grabbing the seat tube and spinning the bike.

 

[chefmiguel]

The seatpost cover was for rad points. No real reason for being there

 

[muddybuddy]

Was there a point to the seatpost cover?

Ribbed for....no good reason.

 

[Fillet-brazed]

FFork was drilled out straddle cable was snaked thru the fork legs. Cable hanger was in steerer tube above the drilled out hole. It didn't work that well but really didn't have to as eddie fiola rode ramps.
I worked in a shop where a mechanic built a replica and soon had to replace fork and go back to a mx1000 brake like the rest of us.
ong that seatpost cover was readily available at the time in shops. Different guys put it out but basically pool tubing

That had to work and feel like crapola pulling those canti arms at that angle and rubbing on the inside of the fork and steerer tube. I think I have one of those canti adapters if anyone is interested.

Brakes look to be first generation Dia Compe canti's.

 

[eastcoaststeve]

As long as we're talking BMX...

this caught my eye the other day:

Steve

 

[tductape]

As long as we're talking BMX...

this caught my eye the other day:

Steve

Like the crazy cat lady of vrc......
I enjoyed that quote....
You have your fingers in everything...
Whats one more.....

 

[MendonCycleSmith]

this caught my eye the other day:

That hub is hot! At the other end of the spectrum, did some first day at welding school person weld that thing blindfolded?

 

[eastcoaststeve]

Like the crazy cat lady of vrc......
I enjoyed that quote....
You have your fingers in everything...
Whats one more.....

Haha T. it made me laugh too...damn you Mig. Yeah, if the shoe fits I guess.

As far as that old BMXer...wish I had a handle on it, those hubs are worth more the almost all of my bikes It's a pic I grabbed off BMX museum when I was looking for info on the freestyle canti mod.

For Craig: those hubs are Sonlite Turbos...big $ in the BMX world.

Steve

 

[chefmiguel]

FB, those brakes were horrible we used a bit of plastic sheathing to help but it really didn't. Eddie Fiola probably abandoned the idea probably the next day as well, he was a vert rider who wasn't really known for platform tricks so front brakes were not a huge issue.
ECS, you're going to need a crazy cat lady avatar