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Offline stidds

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Brake help needed
« on: July 04, 2007, 03:09 PM »
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?

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Re: Brake help needed
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2007, 03:10 PM »
pitbull?
I want to touch ORB

SaMAlex

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Re: Brake help needed
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2007, 03:18 PM »
Def Pitbull (maybe with an oddy pozy stop seat clamp for the cable hanger).
Or a sidepull; DC Nipon, ACS boa ...

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Re: Brake help needed
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2007, 03:20 PM »
yeh man the pitbull looks great on an o/s bike!

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

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

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Re: Brake help needed
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2007, 03:32 PM »
I did think about the pitbull, were Dia-Compe MX901's used in 91?

Lazarou

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Re: Brake help needed
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2007, 03:35 PM »
Personally i like DC Nippons, they look and work great and come in nice colours.

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Re: Brake help needed
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2007, 03:59 PM »
Yep Nippons are sweet - I have a couple here, but unfortunately they are both fronts...

christhejob

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Re: Brake help needed
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2007, 06:12 PM »
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!!

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Re: Brake help needed
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2007, 06:27 PM »
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  :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: Brake help needed
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2007, 10:51 PM »
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!)

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Re: Brake help needed
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2007, 08:54 AM »
you can still buy acs doublers from skatepool btw.
I want to touch ORB

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