professor
Active Member
You don't need to replace the wheel at all. Just add rim brakes.
My 2cents- caliper brakes are very poor at stopping quickly. Better than nothing though.
I have a caliper brake on the rear of my bike and I extended the arms that the cable goes on to give the brake more leverage, it did help, but V brakes or maybe center pull brakes are the ticket.
I welded the posts for center pull brakes on another bike (same posts as for V brakes I think) and the centers stop good too.
My 2cents- caliper brakes are very poor at stopping quickly. Better than nothing though.
I have a caliper brake on the rear of my bike and I extended the arms that the cable goes on to give the brake more leverage, it did help, but V brakes or maybe center pull brakes are the ticket.
I welded the posts for center pull brakes on another bike (same posts as for V brakes I think) and the centers stop good too.