coaster brake lever?

[jj256]

Is it possible to use the brake arm on a coaster brake hub as a braking mechanism?

 

[CCR]

not while its attached to the hub, turning it while its a part of the hub will either loosen or tighten the bearing adjustment. I'm sure you could fashion a lever of some kind out of the brake arm itself though.

 

[jj256]

What about the sprocket

 

[raggedjim]

You can fix the lever arm to the front fork and use a cable and chain setup to rotate the sprocket to brake. I have seen pictures of bikes with this setup.

Rg

 

[CCR]

You can fix the lever arm to the front fork and use a cable and chain setup to rotate the sprocket to brake. I have seen pictures of bikes with this setup.

Rg

This has been done a few times on here using a coaster on the front, I believe theres a good example in one of the past build off threads from the past couple years. Just be careful not to lock it up and flip the bike :wink:

heres a recent one

viewtopic.php?f=43&t=70025&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=15#p677343

and a couple more in this thread

http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 65#p268827