About the brakes issue, it's not exactly a cheap solution but netherless by using a disc brake hubs laced to 700c wheel would do the job, it's also not hard to find a rigid fork with disc brake mount on it for cheap too.
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About the brakes issue, it's not exactly a cheap solution but netherless by using a disc brake hubs laced to 700c wheel would do the job, it's also not hard to find a rigid fork with disc brake mount on it for cheap too.