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[kingfish254]

Cool work on the hidden brake.

 

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So I’ve ridden 20 miles or so on it and I’m not a fan. My one rule for bikes is I have to ride them to be worth keeping. I love my 2 year old build off bike. Banana seat and all. But I think the seat is part of my problem with this one.

loses cool points and may not be the final seat but I’m going to try this and see what I think. I really want to like this bike.

 

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Seat change didn’t fix it so back to the banana and smaller sprocket. See if a gearing change fixes it. I wanted 39t but all I have not in use is 36t, 44t and 52t. So trying a 36t

 

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Finally got a nice day so I rode it to work, the 36t is much better for riding in town. Not sure what else to change on this one, might just enjoy it for a while and get some final pictures!

 

[kingfish254]

Sorry that you aren't totally feeling the bike yet. It looks great.

 

[Oldbikeguy1960]

That wasn’t the original plan, but it is one of the things I’ll be checking out. That bike was parted out recently! I’ve always wanted 700c on a bike but not sure I want to add brake mounts to this frame

An add on brakeset that mounts on the seat stay bars would be a way to do brakes without modifying anything. They are usually available either here, The Cabe or eBay and not that expensive.
They are also period correct for the frame. Schwinn, Resilion and others made them. I will pull up photos of them later so you can see what I am describing.

 

[JA331]

I go by the same rule, if I can’t ride it i won’t buy it or keep it.

 

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An add on brakeset that mounts on the seat stay bars would be a way to do brakes without modifying anything. They are usually available either here, The Cabe or eBay and not that expensive.
They are also period correct for the frame. Schwinn, Resilion and others made them. I will pull up photos of them later so you can see what I am describing.

Ended up mounting the brake under the kickstand mount

 

[Oldbikeguy1960]

Sure, the post was mainly for info in case another person or yourself is looking for an alternative braking method that is period correct. I didn't see the style I offered mentioned by anyone.
Yours was a great Idea, and used on some musclebikes and BMX bikes as well.
Thanks, Rob

 

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Was digging out some other bikes for photos and had this years class 1 & 2 builds out of the way. Very different bikes but so far I’m enjoying them both.

 

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Planned a short ride to get some final photos and the teenagers wanted to go. So my short ride turned into 10 miles and this hilarious photo of my sons 5 foot tall girlfriend asking to ride the build off bike