Modified brake?

[Greenhorn]

Anyone have any info or insight on how to do this. All the links on the Bachetta site were dead.

I am having issues with my return chain hitting the brake arm/cable--sometimes getting caught. I can't find a suitable place to mount a return idler that solves the problem without creating others.

I would like to either install my brake backwards or do something like this. I am hesitant to install the brake backwards because I would have to drill out the mounting hole (and the fork is aluminum)

Does anyone have any tricks for rear mounting a front caliper brake or doing something like this pic? Thanks.

http://www.recumbentblog.com/images/042708a4.jpg

[John Lewis]

Wonder if you could just use a short chain tube in that area? That is what I would probably try.

I have seen a number of commercial bents that have the brake on the rear so that in itself isn't a problem.

What is the concern with drilling the rear of the fork? I thought it would haave had a through hole. My wife's road bike does anyway but it has some sort of ferrule like nut.

John Lewis

[Radical Brad]

Yes, just a bit of hose on a ring would do it. Bend the ring from coat hanger metal and then drill a small hole in your frame to attach it with a wood screw.

Brad