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The forces due to braking would not be "redirected into a vertical pull".. Braking would put the star nut or whatever holding mechanism under shear load, not tensile. Maximizing surface area at the interface and mass at the joint is probably most optimal, try to minimize potential stress concentrations. That's not to say a star nut wouldn't do the job!
I think the tensile load wouldn't actually be very much.