bagged a NS bike! what's a good NS front brake? page 2

[Betty]

As others have said Griff the rear u brake will work a treat so you don't need a front

Lugged forks are the way to go if you find you want one... 

ok.. so skids are in, endoes are out!

Yep... 

[brettypeeps]

As others have said Griff the rear u brake will work a treat so you don't need a front

Lugged forks are the way to go if you find you want one... 

ok.. so skids are in, endoes are out!

take the back brake off and wear your shoes out in a day aswell

[griff]

fook that bretty - not feeling that flintstones vibe 

[SaMAlex]

Nothing wrong with wanting to run a front brake ..... I hope!  

[griff]

Nothing wrong with wanting to run a front brake ..... I hope!  

agreed - never had a bike without one! but if I buy any more bike bits without getting ride of some first then I'm up a certain kind of creek
so far the only thing I've got rid of is a pair of tyres 

who knows I might even get used to it for a bit, I'll try it and see how it rides on saturday 

[pickle]

Nice one john, dordy rides one of these.......good light bike there for peanuts 

[Jaymz]

Good score fella. Welcome to the new school club.

[Munnyella]

Rutland cycles on ebay have triple butted, lugged chromo forks for £18 delivered.

or you could buy an adapter plate (think Pickle had one in `for sale')

will probably cost more than the forks though!!

I ran mine with a front brake set up recently, hated it, gone back to normal

MM

[Jon The Bassist]

or you could buy an adapter plate (think Pickle had one in `for sale')

Good idea, if you can find a helpful Radster that has a spare one.

[pickle]

*cough*     

[SaMAlex]

or you could buy an adapter plate

Gotta be the best way. Cheap, light, a Ubrake will work WAY better than a side pull (even a cheap U brake). You can put it on your new forks (assuming there is a hole in there) and you can always take it off again if you dont like it.

Your forks don't have lugs and more than likely the stem cap won't have a hole to pass the cable through

I had to mod the top cap on my forks so the cable will go thro it, its not a big deal. Or you could try and get one that does have a hole for a cable (eg Odyssey) but you'll have to make sure the threads in the forks are the same.

[Nana]

I had one of them adapter plates put it in the for sale section for £6 no one bought it so on ebay it went and i got £30 for it

Be cheaper buying forks

[griff]

went & picked it up tonight 

really pleased - got a few scratches and a little bit of surface dirt but all there, nothing dented or warped and light as fook
only thing I had to do was tighten up the back brake and align the pads & it's ready to do some skids 

felt a bit bad tbh as no-one else bid, so bunged in an extra tenner just so they wouldn't lose out on paypal fees

2 days to go & I can ride it........    will be easier to lift out of the foam pit than my trusty tank

[pickle]

sounds awesome Griff........look forward to a go on that at T1 on saturday 

[griff]

sounds awesome Griff........look forward to a go on that at T1 on saturday 

no probs pickle dear, but go easy - I only have one chain 

only thing I'm not keen on is the decals really, if it looks like being a keeper then I'll fetch those off

[pickle]

top stuff, it will feel strange at first but stick with it and you'll not look back