Trying to figure out how to get brakes on a 26" cruiser bike with 24x3 tires, short of using a coaster brake. All the weight of those big ol' tires has me thinking I'll need at least a 5-speed setup. Disc brakes look way cool but way complicated and expensive to set up. Has anyone ever tried to use something called a cantilever brake mount? It looks like a horseshoe with a hole in the middle and cantilever brake mounting studs at the ends. I've found it under 2 different manufacturers--one is Dimension and the other is Big Cheese:
http://www.bikemannetwork.com/biking/p/BR9121
http://www.ultrarob.com/shop/product/Di ... Mount.html
Looks like the same piece to me. Anyone have any experience with them? Or maybe you have another solution for getting brakes on a setup like that cheap?
thanks in advance--
--rick
http://www.bikemannetwork.com/biking/p/BR9121
http://www.ultrarob.com/shop/product/Di ... Mount.html
Looks like the same piece to me. Anyone have any experience with them? Or maybe you have another solution for getting brakes on a setup like that cheap?
thanks in advance--
--rick