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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: stidds on July 04, 2007, 03:09 PM

Title: Brake help needed
Post by: stidds 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?

Title: Re: Brake help needed
Post by: oberonspacefruit on July 04, 2007, 03:10 PM

pitbull?

Title: Re: Brake help needed
Post by: SaMAlex 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 ...

Title: Re: Brake help needed
Post by: darkersomeday 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,

Title: Re: Brake help needed
Post by: stidds on July 04, 2007, 03:32 PM

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

Title: Re: Brake help needed
Post by: Lazarou on July 04, 2007, 03:35 PM

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

Title: Re: Brake help needed
Post by: Stodgy on July 04, 2007, 03:59 PM

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

Title: Re: Brake help needed
Post by: christhejob 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!!

Title: Re: Brake help needed
Post by: stidds on July 04, 2007, 06:27 PM

Quote from: christhejob 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!!

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:

Title: Re: Brake help needed
Post by: the_cyclops 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!)

Title: Re: Brake help needed
Post by: oberonspacefruit on July 06, 2007, 08:54 AM

you can still buy acs doublers from skatepool btw.