Brake help needed

[stidds]

Right, I have never built a mid-school bike before and I have just bought myself a race frame from 1991.  It takes a normal caliper brake (i.e. the frame has a brake bridge not u-brake/v-brake mounts), what brakes would have been used on this frame in the 90's?

[oberonspacefruit]

pitbull?

[SaMAlex]

Def Pitbull (maybe with an oddy pozy stop seat clamp for the cable hanger).
Or a sidepull; DC Nipon, ACS boa ...

[darkersomeday]

yeh man the pitbull looks great on an o/s bike!

biagio has one for sale nos, its priced ok too, fair play joe

if you want a used acs boa for a rider i've got a decent one here,

[stidds]

I did think about the pitbull, were Dia-Compe MX901's used in 91?

[Lazarou]

Personally i like DC Nippons, they look and work great and come in nice colours.

[Stodgy]

Yep Nippons are sweet - I have a couple here, but unfortunately they are both fronts...

[christhejob]

no fooker used 901s in the 1980s TBH so definitely not in the 90s!!
(i remember getting some copy leechi 901s for my burner. they were pink) tried to x-up and the front arm caught the frame. so  pissed off!!

[stidds]

no fooker used 901s in the 1980s TBH so definitely not in the 90s!!
(i remember getting some copy leechi 901s for my burner. they were pink) tried to x-up and the front arm caught the frame. so  pissed off!!

I thought that you used a MX880 on the front and 901 on the rear? 

Then again what the hell do I know I was a racer and don't really know what an x-up is 

[the_cyclops]

Chris is right!

Wrong era for the 901's

You need either a Pitbull, DC Nippon (which I actually thought were rubbish and only really worked with an ACS doubler...remember them?) Or an ACS BOA (which were ace until they exploded with bearings flying everywhere!)

[oberonspacefruit]

you can still buy acs doublers from skatepool btw.