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Converting coaster brake to hand brake
I have a speed coaster brake junker I want to convert to fixed gear by
removing the brake and adding hand brakes. Does anyone know what parts of the brake to remove and what to leave in for the one gear to work? |
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Converting coaster brake to hand brake
Coaster brakes really don't work that way. If you took the arm that
attaches to the frame off, it would simulate a "fixed" effect until you started pedaling again and the it would loosen up and ride normal. The poormans way is to take a freewhll hub and weld or jb weld a bmx freewheel cluster to the hub so it won't ratchet anymore. These methods are crude at best, I suggest doing it right if you want the right performance. On Jan 15, 6:55 am, "cmcanulty" wrote: I have a speed coaster brake junker I want to convert to fixed gear by removing the brake and adding hand brakes. Does anyone know what parts of the brake to remove and what to leave in for the one gear to work? |
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Converting coaster brake to hand brake
On 15 Jan 2007 06:55:05 -0800, "cmcanulty" may
have said: I have a speed coaster brake junker I want to convert to fixed gear by removing the brake and adding hand brakes. Does anyone know what parts of the brake to remove and what to leave in for the one gear to work? In the two that I've taken apart with an eye toward such a result, it became obvious that trying to modify them by merely "taking something out" would not work. Mostly, that's because the same bits that engage to drive the wheel forward are also the bits that disengage the sprocket from the hub and couple the pedal force into the brake. In other words, it's not that the coaster brake hub is not designed to do what you want to do, it's that the coaster brake hub is designed to not do what you want to do. -- My email address is antispammed; pull WEEDS if replying via e-mail. Typoes are not a bug, they're a feature. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts. |
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