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    Drum Brakes?

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    Drum Brakes?

    On the market we have many rims, some of them can work with rim bracas and some can't, most of the rims used in old bicycles can work with rim brakes without any problem. Since 2016 when I build my cruiser I have just one set of wheels, and magura hs33. Trough this time I did around 15000 miles...
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    Drum Brakes?

    It will be difficult becose in UK is 4am now and its raining. Write in youtube Magura hs33 ad you will see how it is made. Basicaly this is extremaly strong, hydraulic v brake. I will upload pictures of my bike leater if I dont forget.
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    Bianchi Nyala chain skipping

    Chain and the rear sprocket which you show on the pictures and videos are wisible worn out. This my be reason why the chain skips, in that situation you must replace chain and the rear sprocket together. Try to figured out how it is skipping, it is skipping on the one ring of the sprocket or its...
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    Drum Brakes?

    First, you have strong steel rims and thick spokes, second innercable is much thicker and the outer cable is build like a gear outer cable in bicycles, there is no compression at all, as much strong as you press on the brake lever going strait to the brake. Second, brakepads in your hub are...
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    Drum Brakes?

    27kg is mot much, try to do that with my 60kg cruiser... Anyway, with drum brake we have two big problems, first, soon or leater the outer shell of the hub will be polished by the brakepads, so power of breaking will decrease with time, second brakepads are enclosed in the hub shell and you cant...
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    Hi guys

    Hi, my name is Mariusz, I am bicycle mechanic since last 20 years and my specialization are crazy projects of cruisers, chopers and electric conversions.
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    Drum Brakes?

    Drum brakes will be definitly too weak, plus all bycycle will be heavy after conversion and if you use any discbrake, drum brake or rollerbrake it will rip spokes from the rim. If you thinking about vbrakes or cantilever thats mean so you have boss pivots for them mounted on the frame and you...
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