brakes for uni?

Well im no expert on the subject but if you have the mounts on your uni
frame it should work, what type of uni do you have?

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torker cx🙁

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Chances are, if you're riding a Torker CX, you don't need a brake.

However, most bicycle brakes can be modified to work on unicycles, and
unicycles can be modified to utilize brakes.

when you get into tougher muni, when downhills are so steep that it
would be impossible for your legs to rotate and ride down the hill, you
can use brakes to slow down and enable yourself to ride steep terrain.

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what if i am like going at super fast speeds being pulled by a car on
the highway and i want to stop then what do i do just fall and like roll
50 feet before stopping at a near death or what?

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habbywall said:

*what if i am like going at super fast speeds being pulled by a car on
the highway and i want to stop then what do i do just fall and like
roll 50 feet before stopping at a near death or what? *

You'd have to be impecably good at gliding, but Yes, you can use it for
gliding and coasting as well.

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the easiest brake to put on your cycle is a caliper brake.
all you have to do is drill a hole through you crown to bolt the brake
to (make sure this hole is very very straight). then you need some kind
of post to come out of you seat post to mount the brake level on. you
can use a bar end.

this is a caliper brake, the circled part is where it gets attached to
the frame

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a good shaped bar end:

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here is a good example of a bar end brake post. that is brian.slater's
coker Marvin, it is very sexy

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whay is it on the back that would make it harder to reach!

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The BRAKE is on the back, not the handle >_>

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i was thinking about doing the same thing, drilling a hole and mounting
a caliper brake on my uni. anyone got any pics of it?

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