[Closed] CRUISER STYLE PEDAL BACK BRAKE FOR MOUNTAIN BIKE WHEEL!!

I CAN'T HEAR YOU!

Shimano make a few IIRC, single speeds and Nexus internal gears I think, not sure if they are imported, look on ebay.

My commuter bike (Specialised Centrum) has rear brake removed to clear lines

What do you mean by that? You've taken the back brake off to make it look 'clean'?

They came with a back brake and it would be a lot cheaper and work better than getting a draggy hub built into a wheel.

no appreciable drag on mine

A few Electra cruisers have coaster brakes.Usually built using nasty chrome plated steel rims though.You would be wanting to strip it and rebuild it with something nicer if you sourced one.

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there is an alfine coaster brake, was very tempted but no where had in stock....

Get a kiddie bike, rip the rear hub out of it. Specialized Hotrock 16" for example.

I've been tempted by Sturmney Archer S2C hub which has a kick back activated 2 sPeed gear and a pedal back brake for the commuter. Downside is it's going to cost £160 or so to build into a wheel and seems heavy. Still tempted though

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Marin County, Cali

Any moment now some one called Charlie or Gary will be along to talk Repack to you

Gary doesn't post here, but I do. I rode coaster brake bikes off-road before there was an alternative.

Now that there IS an alternative, use it.

A coaster brake is fine for riding around town, but it complicates downhill. You brake with your outside foot or a turn, then you have to turn the cranks FORWARD half a turn to apply the brakes for a turn in the other direction. Sometimes you don't want to be letting off the brakes at that moment.

Coaster brakes do not get ride of heat very effectively, which led to the name "Repack" for the first downhill race course. If the biggest hill where you live is no more than about fifty meters high, you may be able to get away with one.

Are they not technically legal in the UK? Not BSI compliant or something?

I used to use a coaster brake when I didn't know it was supposed to be rubbish. Road, off-road, 120kms trips with panniers with my dad up to the grandad's and around his local mountains (The Sudetens). Oh well, clearly the great brains of US of A must've be hardcore that their 50 meters are much longer then mine.

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Marin County, Cali

the great brains of US of A must've be hardcore that their 50 meters are much longer then mine.

My low opinion of coaster brakes is based on using them for hills a lot higher than 50 meters.

What brand was yours?

I have ridden a long way on steel rims with leather pads, in the wet. I survived.

It does not automatically make that a good braking setup though!

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I'm gonna start self publicising myself with a preg-nature above, my avatar and a link to my webpage like Repack.

Thanks for the inspiration Charlie!

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Rear coaster is something I've always wanted to try offroad just for the hell of it (mtb or bmx not really fussed) and now that I'm pretty sorted mtb-wise, Charlie's comments above only make me want to try a coaster project even more.

I did own a repro Schwinn Stingray for a little while - far to nice to get dirty but I used to ride it around locally and couldn't help wondering about the durability of that coaster on the steepish hill down to my road - what if it suddenly gives out? (never crossed my mind on my single-braked bmxs/mtbs though).

Damn you lot - now I'm gonna have to scour ebay for a completely inappropriate shopping cruiser to play in the local woods on 😆 . Fortunately I ride on my own so no-one knows how dog slow I'll be - working brakes won't be necessary 😉

I've got a bike with coaster brake, but just use it for commuting very occasionally on the canal and bridleway paths etc, coaster brakes are rubbish and just meant for town bikes IMO, I can't imagine why you would want to put them on a MTB, given the alternatives.
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My brake was made by Romet, lasted only 14 years before I left home and the bike went to another person. Still in service, still used for riding in forests and across muddy fields. Repacking it with grease gets done once a decade if not more seldom.