Nutted brake - recessed fork hole

Posted on Tue 19th, June 2012

• #1

leow

I bought a pair of nutted Tektro brakes for an old 27" frame. At some point a previous owner had drilled out just the fork for a recessed brake.

A neat,cheap and easy solution was using a Schrader / Presta adaptor designed to go in a rim.

An aluminium one was about a pound from SJS cycles (+ postage, but I was buying other stuff).

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/wheels-manufacturing-presta-tube-stem-saver-fits-schrader-rims-prod16975/
• #2

HillyBen

good to know
• #3

leow
Found a picture ..

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• #4

tallsam

Cool. Negates the need for a curved washer too (which are hens teeth)
• #5

Mr_Bump

Cool. Negates the need for a curved washer too (which are hens teeth)

Got a bag of them from over the years...lol
However a hammer, a standard washer and an old buggered fork (or other curved solid object) and you can make them easily

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