37 year old dad. Daughter is getting into Bmx and I usually ride mtb. Sold it and got a Bmx to ride around with her. What a learning curve! From a 29er to a Bmx.. Bike I bought doesn’t have brakes, and it’s SOOOO weird after having a mtb for 30 years! Ordered a brake yesterday. This video was very helpful, and I’ll be checking out your tension videos as well. Any tips for an older guy getting into it? Looking forward to my new journey in the Bmx world! Thanks again!
Heck yea man welcome back to BMX! I would suggest just riding around and getting as comfortable as possible on the bike. Being comfortable will get you out of crashes much smoother than being extremely stiff will.
@@Brant_Moore Trey Jones is messing with them again. Hopefully he keeps on long enough to explore a new realm of possibilities that we haven't seen yet.
Thank you for your video. I was given an BMX bicycle, where the brake lever is seized, no way to move it. What is the process to overhaul and process to get it working once again. Hope to hear from you soon.
Just finished mounting a back wheel side pull brake (Odessey 1999) on a bike I just bought off my friend. Damn thing had no brakes, and none of those tiny circular thingys under the frame that would hold the brake line, yet it has the drill holes at the end of the frame where a back brake would be. What the hell is up with that!? I don't get why they would include an accessory outlet for back brakes, and leave out the brake cable holders. 🤔 Well thank goodness for zip-ties I tell you. They did the job quite perfectly 👌 P.s The whole process, from start to finish, mounting that damn back brake was bloody hell for me. I should have watched your video instead of struggling through on my own. Good shit here yo
@@Brant_Moore Right on! Hell ya, ima look into that if the break I put on faults out, or fuckz up from my own wrong doings of "not really knowing what the hell is was doing labor". 👌
Great video for breaks overall, but I am having trouble putting the actual HANDGRIP portion of the breaks back together. Inside the actual hand piece of the breaks is a little spring w/2 little spacer pieces, which I cannot seem to figure out how to properly set up so the hand break springs back after break application.
Most brake levers don’t have a spring and rely on the springs of the brakes themselves to pull the lever back. So I’m not entirely sure how to help here unfortunately
The other day when I installed the Springfield brakes I ran into a problem I never encountered before. I've put some bmx bikes together before but my area of expertise is mainly road and mtbs. The thing is that the brake legs are kind of short and the ghost pads don't pivot. Because of this, when you apply the brake, the pads miss the rim for about 1/16 of an inch and hit the tire. I solved this by installing a different set of pivoting pads but I wanted to try the ghosts. Question is, do you guys slam the wheel all the way inside? That way it would fit but I can't remove two more links on this chain or it'll be super tight. Maybe getting a half link one would help.
I can’t get a 100% clear picture though words but it sounds like you just need to loosen the brake pads and align them with the rim with pressure on the arm so you can get a better idea of where they need to be.
That's the point of Ghost Pads. Only a fraction of the pad is gonna be your main braking force no matter what. So the concept here is why fuss with specific brake pad angles when as soon as you tighten the pad it's gonna move. So Odyssey is counting on their compound to be sticky enough with less time spent on the details. They work. Just line it up so it hits your rim and not your tire, and if you can't reach the rim, try a half link in your chain. Once the distances are set up, that's it. It eliminates fussing with angles. They'll work great, just try it.
I just got in to bmx bike and i took off the brakes and i want to put them back but one brake keeps going towards the wheel no matter what spring i use
1:07 I remember on my fit dehart frame the break lugs worked loose after a while making my break wobble, and some surface rust in there didn't help so i had to redo my break, so i got some Mafco nutlock on the lugs to stop them moving, grease the out side of the lugs and inside the break arms
Always check mounts my gyro mounts come loose some times but common practice if it feels loose it most likely it will be ,we the people mounts come with a wrench for mounts that works awesome
Ok what’s the best disk breaks for a 20 inch mongose legion l10 or l20 I have I believe I l20 I got it as a birthday I won’t o covert it from break pads to disk what disk breaks should I get and could I do it and if I can I think it will be very Unique
I have some hombre u brakes I want to put on my 24" cruzer and I will put them on and the arms hit the seat tube even with the big spacer in the inside of the brake pad is there a fix for this please?
Riding brakes is getting rare which is making frame purchases kinda hard imo , and if you order brake mounts make sure there right not pointed at you brant just in general I got the wrong ones lucky my failure maniac mounts are compatible with federal frames
Any bike shop should have them, or ask any older BMX rider you know. Or anyone with brakes that you know. Those ones are very common and easy to come by
My rear brake arm has a small plastic piece inside has a small hole that spring pop through, it's pretty perished, yours didn't have that. I have bulldog brakes. Would I really need this plastic piece 🤔
If you’re talking about a piece of plastic that is almost a housing for the spring, no you don’t need it. If its something else and seems to have a function then you might
I’m trying to put brakes on my bmx right now but i realised one spring is pushing away from the pad and the other doesn’t, i tried switching them around but ran into the same problem. Then i tried turning the spring upside down and still have the problem. Please help.
I need help installing brakes on my frame. On my frame the brake mounts are on the chain stay instead of the seat stay. Can anymore link me a tutorial on how to install brakes on my frame.
@@Brant_Moore there are conversion kits for Bmx frames that I found here www.brgstore.com/brake-disc/605-disc-kit-120mm-elevn-chase-rsp-40-10mm-axle.html I don’t know if it worth investing on a disc brake for my bike
It's different for different frames as far as specifics of putting the mount in the frame goes. Where the brake arm goes onto the mount is the same size on all bmx u brake mounts
hey brant! whats a good rim finish? or the top 3? i heard another kid on da tube say a packet of ketchup with a thin layer. but ima tard so what say u?
the problem is that most of the hate i hear from kids and i cant punch them for talking shit and that is the modern problem i remember when i got punched by 18yo. for talking shit and when i told mom that i got punched by 18yo. for talking shit, she beat me too
What ? Why say that to him what has he done I over stretch a straight cable to my liking when not riding a gyro but why say that brant doesn't need that bmx is a community not a judgmental passage I think you should appreciate what he puts out to keep us and younger kids informed about , I'm being nice I could go off on this but idk if it's a joke or not
Not from you or anyone respect what he does if you dont like unfollow him plain and simple mass shootings and worries about a cable wake up plz like I said I'm being nice I could go off but out of respect for brants channel I'm being nice but you need to apologize and delete that
tell us how to put V brakes on a U brake frame setup & I'll be a happy guy. or how to Jimmy rig it with adapters n such so it'll work. they used to have these "plates" for sale that u could hose clamp on but nobody sells m anymore. & most bike mechanics don't even know about hose clamps. 20 yrs ago some of them did. nowadays they all act like everything is dangerous & won't work. & with that attitude theyz be correct.
U brake lugs are further forward than Vees, so it doesn't fit. Brake Plates are still available, although rare. These days they're generally not needed. Vees require a closer running pad, have less modulation, and are of a weaker design. Also the levers tend to want a spring in for smoothness. Try having a cross over straddle cable, or short straddle cable so the main line cable has to go through the frame. That style of cable setup is similar to how Vees work. Alternatively you can run a dual cable gyro and cross the cables over by the seat tube for increased power too, but that's a bit more hassle imo. With some decent brake pads and good rim finish you can have a super smooth 1 finger locking brake. I just use 2 for locking and 1 for manuals. Modulation has its benefits. Also running less snapier brakes makes you less reliant on them which can aid your riding, but without the restriction brakeless gives you.
eskimo if what u say is true then i don't mind switching. but so far i keep seeing the opposite. I'll do it that way to see & feel for myself. whats a good rim finish? or top 3?
