This works great! Tektro is a good cheap brand. Save your money, you don't need the fancy v-brakes, just good pads. These pads work pretty good, even on painted rims. When the paint wears down I'll sand the rims. I usually do that to all my bikes. It works better in the rain, having machined sidewalls vs smooth or painted.
Many, many cruiser frames on this forum could benefit from one of these on the rear, yet we never see them. I thought I saw one on the rear, once; but have never been able to find the photo again. Thanks for posting!
@Sentryy the OP h.c.s. hasn't been active on the forum for a while but a bmx shop should be able to give you a price if they have the V brake plate. Or look for a cheap NRS fork like off a department store bike, and chop the arch brace off, sometimes it is only bolted on!
@Sentryy idk really, depends what you find. Junk NRS (not really suspension) fork off a junk bike for the arch brace with the brake lugs attached. I have not had to do this, I have the V brake mounts already.
You will need a new cable and cable outer. No.1 problem is drag in the system, No.2 is stretch and flex.
Any old cast V brake is usually a lot better than the stamped kind, and the price of a V brake is so low. So, so low.
I use Magura HS33 hydraulic rim brakes that fit the V brake mounts. (£30 per wheel)
Hi. I think that thing was 25$ shipped. I had it for years in a project bin. I’m still using it but the motor had been stored since I quit posting a couple years ago.