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Old 10-27-2009, 06:03 PM
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Default Center pull brake?

I think I'm going to buy a set of Diacomp center pull brakes for my LWB bent antone know where I can get the hardware that mounts the cable to the goose neck?
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Old 10-28-2009, 08:56 AM
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Default Re: Center pull brake?

Is this what you are looking for?



http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...1_10000_201527
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Old 10-28-2009, 04:49 PM
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Default Re: Center pull brake?

I've found those too but what do you use in the rear?
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Old 10-28-2009, 05:54 PM
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Default Re: Center pull brake?

Attach it to your seat post, facing rearwards, or mount it on a some rubber sleeves to the bottom wheel stay, or the cross bar, where ever you need a centre pull cable run

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Old 10-28-2009, 07:15 PM
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pics I need pics.....
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Old 10-29-2009, 08:33 AM
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Default Re: Center pull brake?

Sorry Dynadon,

All the pics for this lil' item are inside my head, and I cant get the printer to connect!

However if you run your cable along your frame, you can very easily see where you need to have a centre pull cable, then all you have to do is measure the diameter of the post, and make a bracket to suit,or weld something in the spot.

I make my own cable pulls, simply by drilling a hole just bigger than the inner cable, and welding ta very small piece of metal in the correct posi. I actually have three cables using one stop, the holes are carefully measured so that each cable lines up flat next to each other.

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Default Re: Center pull brake?

how schwinn did it in '73

looks to be a fairly simple stamped steel bracket. now, how to adapt that to a bent is another story.

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