Walmart Special Cruisers.......

[Greg58]

Side pull is not as good as the cantilever but do work, I add a front brake on every coaster brake bike I build. If the chain on the pedal side comes off you won’t be able to stop.

 

[Greg58]

If your fork and frame have the hole to mount fenders the set above should work.

 

[Karl Snarl]

Yeah. Them coaster brakes. How do I go about putting hand lever brakes on them? I'm talking about your regular ol' rim wall braking setup..... not your disk variety. Is it pretty much plug n' play after purchasing those universal brake kits?

Also.... what would I need to get in order to mount some type of front suspension on there? I plan to break the sound barrier with my bike and the thought of no suspension sounds a bit scary.

Measure the distance and buy the right calipers. I don't remember Cranbrook off hand, I wanna say 118mm reach. I think I'm wrong though. Been a year since I bought them. Either way, get the tape measure out, and measure from hole to friction surface. Then find a set within that reach.

 

[Greg58]

My cranbrook has 2.125 tires and took a 96mm reach brake

 

[Greg58]

Here’s the bike.

 

[Greg58]

I’ve bought road bike brakes before but found the BMX style to be stronger

 

[Deeman69]

Here's my Wally World special. A Kent Seachange. I got the kit from BMW. It's still mostly stock but for the front friction brakes I put on it. I think the name of the brake kit was Sunlite? But right outta the bag it bolted right on and took very little tweaking to work. That'll never happen again! LOL!

 

[Sidewinder Jerry]

Well since I got my bike the Schwinn Sidewinder from Wal-Mart I guess I have a Wally World bike too lol Though I went the mountain bike route instead of a cruiser.

 

[Deleted member 33057]

Not all brakes are created equal. I put the cheap $20 Sunlite side pull brakes on my bike and it didn’t take long for me tear em up. The rear brake sheared the mount bolt and the wheel flung the assembly off on a brake apply. I drilled the the center piece and remounted it with a 1/4”x20 stainless carriage bolt. I also have tywraps stopping the brake from flexing too far now. I guess I’m hard on my gear. I’m learning the hard way that the cheap route usually ends up being the expensive route.

 

[Chainlube]

View attachment 163794Not all brakes are created equal. I put the cheap $20 Sunlite side pull brakes on my bike and it didn’t take long for me tear em up. The rear brake sheared the mount bolt and the wheel flung the assembly off on a brake apply. I drilled the the center piece and remounted it with a 1/4”x20 stainless carriage bolt. I also have tywraps stopping the brake from flexing too far now. I guess I’m hard on my gear. I’m learning the hard way that the cheap route usually ends up being the expensive route.

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