Clawz114 Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 (edited) Hi guys just a quick questionMe and my mate have just got a cheap bmx frame and we are going to put 26" forks on it and just make a chopper type bike and we were thinking about how we could use magura rim brakes on the rear. seeing as the bmx frame has no hydraulic mounts and for some reason the v-brake mounts wont work with the magura v-brake adaptors. we thought about drilling 4 holes on the chainstays on the frame...2 on each side, then putting bolts through the holes and through magura mounts with a nut on 1 side. obviously we would have to line it all up correctly but other than that is there any particular reason why this wouldnt work? ThanksDan Edited October 12, 2006 by Clawz114 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTTY___ Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Just get some Magura Evo mounts and run them upside down? Weve done it befor. Feels abit spongy and lacks abit of power put works VERY well. Saves killing a frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clawz114 Posted October 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 evo mounts dont work with the v-brake mounts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsey Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 no mate im pretty sure it wouldnt work, the amount of flex the frame has shows the strength of the brake.. your mounts look good but would surely just slide round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 evo mounts dont work with the v-brake mounts They do upside down on a bmx, with a bmx wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onza Kieron Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 no mate im pretty sure it wouldnt work, the amount of flex the frame has shows the strength of the brake.. your mounts look good but would surely just slide round?Notif they were bolted down like he said I would give it a whizz, it doesnt sound like you care about the frame so yeh, I personally dont see why not, just get th holes the righ size and use washers or else I think the bolts may pull through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clawz114 Posted October 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 They do upside down on a bmx, with a bmx wheelDEAR f**kING GOD WHEN I SAY THE EVO MOUNTS DO NOT WORK I MEAN THEY DO NOT WORK.NORMAL WAY AROUND - NOUPSIDE DOWN - NOSIDEWAYS - NONotif they were bolted down like he said I would give it a whizz, it doesnt sound like you care about the frame so yeh, I personally dont see why not, just get th holes the righ size and use washers or else I think the bolts may pull through.No your right, the frame was £20The idea is to basically run the maguras in the exact same was as with 4 bolt mounts but instead of the threaded end of the bolt being screwed into the frame it comes out the other side of the frame and we screw a big nut on the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 evo mounts dont work with the v-brake mountsForgive me if i'm wrong (which i probably am, 'cos i'm a n00b) but doesn't that defeat the purpose of evo mounts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 (edited) DEAR f**kING GOD WHEN I SAY THE EVO MOUNTS DO NOT WORK I MEAN THEY DO NOT WORK.NORMAL WAY AROUND - NOUPSIDE DOWN - NOSIDEWAYS - NO Calm down...My mate's tried it on his BMX for a day, he said it fitted fine, just didn't work well (black pads..chrome rim) EDIT: To add more... Did you try it with a bmx wheel? Or that mod wheel in the pic? - Just wondering..before you explode with rage again.. Edited October 12, 2006 by Dan6061 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clawz114 Posted October 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Forgive me if i'm wrong (which i probably am, 'cos i'm a n00b) but doesn't that defeat the purpose of evo mounts?well the frame was cheap, they probably put the mounts in the wrong place, i dont know but it doesnt work end of story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 well the frame was cheap, they probably put the mounts in the wrong place, i dont know but it doesnt work end of story.OO, sorry, aha, as i said i'm the n00bz0rz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clawz114 Posted October 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 (edited) Calm down...My mate's tried it on his BMX for a day, he said it fitted fine, just didn't work well (black pads..chrome rim)ok ok, lets just say it in a different way to avoid argumentwe dont want to use evo mounts regardless of wether they work or dont work.EDIT: To add more... Did you try it with a bmx wheel? Or that mod wheel in the pic? - Just wondering..before you explode with rage again..Hmm that might be why, well it doesnt work. the main reason of this topic is to see if the design we thought of would work or not and reasons why it would/wouldnt Edited October 12, 2006 by Clawz114 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTTY___ Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Just get some Magura Evo mounts and run them upside down? Weve done it befor. Feels abit spongy and lacks abit of power put works VERY well. Saves killing a frame.Look you retard.Befor you say, AGAIN. Evo mounts dont work for V-Brakes, WHAT THE f**k DO YOU THINK EVO MOUNTS DO! THERE DESIGNED TO FIT V-BRAKE FITTING U RETARD! RUN THEM UPSIDE DOWN AND THEY WORK! IVE f**kING DONE IT!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clawz114 Posted October 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 BMX frame = BMX Wheel. Not a 19" trials wheel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clawz114 Posted October 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 look, we know its trials wheel.we didn't post on here to get people telling us why the evo mounts wont work when we have absolutely no intention of using them...We posted on here to get peoples views on out idea for mounting maguras onto the frame...NOTHING ELSEjeeeeez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTTY___ Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 look, we know its trials wheel.we didn't post on here to get people telling us why the evo mounts wont work when we have absolutely no intention of using them...We posted on here to get peoples views on out idea for mounting maguras onto the frame...NOTHING ELSEjeeeeez Man ur a dick, get a bmx 20" wheel on and youur sorted. Hence. Stop moan! cl_whine 0! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 (edited) Sorry, but when you say things like this: DEAR f**kING GOD WHEN I SAY THE EVO MOUNTS DO NOT WORK I MEAN THEY DO NOT WORK.NORMAL WAY AROUND - NOUPSIDE DOWN - NOSIDEWAYS - NOWITH A BMX WHEEL - YES.Then it comes across to basically everyone as they don't work full stop.But it does, and we're only letting you now how.. Anyway... I like the idea, if you can get the holes in the perfect position then you're laughing. Just gotta make sure that the mounts you make still have adjustments and have the pads still hitting the rim perfectly.But i'm sure you know that...Nice. Edited October 12, 2006 by Dan6061 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clawz114 Posted October 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Man ur a dick, get a bmx 20" wheel on and youur sorted.ok, well the point of making a chopper type bike was to have a large fat rear wheel, and a mod wheel works perfectly, now if we got a bmx wheel that would involve buying a new wheel and trying to get one as wide as the mod wheel which i already had. it would cost more money and the whole point of this was to spend as little as possible.Then it comes across to basically everyone as they don't work full stop.But it does, and we're only letting you now how..Anyway... I like the idea, if you can get the holes in the perfect position then you're laughing. Just gotta make sure that the mounts you make still have adjustments and have the pads still hitting the rim perfectly.But i'm sure you know that...Nice. Ok thanks, thats the kinda response we were looking for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Tupman Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 ok, well the point of making a chopper type bike was to have a large fat rear wheel, and a mod wheel works perfectly, now if we got a bmx wheel that would involve buying a new wheel and trying to get one as wide as the mod wheel which i already had. it would cost more money and the whole point of this was to spend as little as possible.You will spend more time and money trying to make your system work than just puting a 20" with an almost as fat tyre on it.But I do want to see you make your design work so do that as i'm always up for a bit of custom goodnus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Thinking about it, if you know a welder/can weld..you could move the mounts down a bit?Seeing as it's (probably) a steel frame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 (edited) Look you retard.Befor you say, AGAIN. Evo mounts dont work for V-Brakes, WHAT THE f**k DO YOU THINK EVO MOUNTS DO! THERE DESIGNED TO FIT V-BRAKE FITTING U RETARD! RUN THEM UPSIDE DOWN AND THEY WORK! IVE f**kING DONE IT!!!!Look at the pictures... if he ran them upside down the slaves would be pointed at the spokes. He didn't say they dont work for V-brakes, you put 2 and 2 together and came out with around 300, he said they dont work with this frame/rim combination. You sure you didnt run them upside down on a BMX with U Brake mounts? Can't you just use a bmx wheel and force the tyre onto that 20" rim? I'm sure you could find a local bmx that someone'd sell for like a tenner, or a budget BMX wheel off ebay.If not rewelding the current mounts further down should work. I'm guessing you've gotta file off the current V-brake mounts to get the whole drilled for the 4 bolt mounts, might be less work to get the current ones re-welded. Just a thought Edited October 12, 2006 by Krisboats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 DEAR f**kING GOD WHEN I SAY THE EVO MOUNTS DO NOT WORK I MEAN THEY DO NOT WORK.NORMAL WAY AROUND - NOUPSIDE DOWN - NOSIDEWAYS - NOThere's no need for that. If you'd have said the evo mounts don't work becuase the wheel is smaller first off it would have saved alot of agruing. Befor you say, AGAIN. Evo mounts dont work for V-Brakes, WHAT THE f**k DO YOU THINK EVO MOUNTS DO! THERE DESIGNED TO FIT V-BRAKE FITTING U RETARD! RUN THEM UPSIDE DOWN AND THEY WORK! IVE f**kING DONE IT!!!!Ha, they'll be no where near the rim upsdie down!Man ur a dick, get a bmx 20" wheel on and youur sorted. Hence. Stop moan! cl_whine 0!But he wants to use a trials wheel. That's the whole point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onza Kieron Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 I'm just curious, before you go drilling, have you made sure the cranks will clear the floor, as in, spin freely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clawz114 Posted October 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Look at the pictures... if he ran them upside down the slaves would be pointed at the spokes. He didn't say they dont work for V-brakes, you put 2 and 2 together and came out with around 300, he said they dont work with this frame/rim combination. You sure you didnt run them upside down on a BMX with U Brake mounts?Thankyou! someone gets what i mean Thinking about it, if you know a welder/can weld..you could move the mounts down a bit?Seeing as it's (probably) a steel frame?Thats a possibility, if we could find someone to do it for relatively cheap but in that case wouldnt it be easier to just cut off the mounts and weld on 4 bolt mounts (not sure where to get the actualy frame mounts from)But he wants to use a trials wheel. That's the whole point.exactly!But I do want to see you make your design work so do that as i'm always up for a bit of custom goodnus!If we do end up doing it il post a new topic of il add to ths one with pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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