Husky drum brake front wheel: any thoughts?

[spinman]

anyone have any experience with this wheel?

Looking to use just a front brake on the Billy Jack trike and thought this might be beefy enough.

Thx

Spin

26 x 2.125 wheel with Sturmey Archer model XFD aluminum drum brake hub with 140mm axle. The wheel is built with 11-guage UCP spokes and the rim is chrome plated steel. The wheel comes complete with brake cable and housing, adjusting hanger/barrel, brake arm strap, and axle

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Love it! Go for it bro!

Cheers,
Dr. T

 

[CCR]

im pretty sure thats the same hub that was on the 5 speed grey ghost repops, it stopped me on a dime every time.

 

[spinman]

Thx for the comments.

Spin

 

[Bicycle808]

anyone have any experience with this wheel?

Looking to use just a front brake on the Billy Jack trike and thought this might be beefy enough.

Thx

Spin

26 x 2.125 wheel with Sturmey Archer model XFD aluminum drum brake hub with 140mm axle. The wheel is built with 11-guage UCP spokes and the rim is chrome plated steel. The wheel comes complete with brake cable and housing, adjusting hanger/barrel, brake arm strap, and axle

Sturmey-archer drum brakes are very reliable, low-maintenance stoppers. Word of warning- the performance will be very weak until the pads wear in. Use with a short-pull lever for best results.

hth
-rob

 

[spinman]

"...Use with a short-pull lever for best results...."

Thx. Got a specific part number or brand name for this?

Thx

Spin

 

[Bicycle808]

"...Use with a short-pull lever for best results...."

Thx. Got a specific part number or brand name for this?

Thx

Spin

Not really. I mean, there are tons of options. Any BMX levers will work, aside from the few designed for use with v-brakes. Old Mountainbike levers work, the ones designed to be used with cantilever brakes. Newer ones, for use with discs and v-brakes are long-pull. Virtually all dropbar levers will work, but i somehow susect you're not running dropbars. :mrgreen: Here's the super -cheap dia-compes i'm running on my wife's bike: http://www.amazon.com/Dia-Compe-Touring ... 283&sr=8-1 They're cheap, a bit flimsy, but reliable. You will need those little cup-shaped stop/ferrules for em; otherwise, the cable pulls thru the lever, and the brake don't work. (Strangely, the levers don't include these.) Incidentally, the weinmann brakes of yesteryear that look alot like these dia-compes, that every bike-addict and bicycle co-op seems to have a million of? Those'll work, too.

Basically, brake levers designed for use with calipers, u-brakes, cantilevers, or (obviously) drums are short pull. Levers for use with mech discs and v-brakes are long-pull.

hth
-rob

 

[spinman]

Thanks Rob

 

[Bicycle808]

No problem. Enjoy your drum brake!

-rob