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I'm fettling my old Dahon folder which had 75mm front dropouts for its 20 inch wheels
The rim brakes it has are ok but not great, stopping is more an aspiration than expectation if going too quickly. Road and Brompton calipers are too short a drop but I have found some Tektro long drop ones that look like they'd be an improvement.
I've always fancied having a go on drum brakes though, just to see how they do - this is the ideal pootle/multi mode bike to give them a go on I think.
I can find front hubs with with a 100mm over locknut width for bigger wheel bikes but my Googling so far has failed to find anything other than a dynohub at 75mm.
Does anyone know if there is a drum brake hub at 75mm? I'm happy to build it up into a new wheel with different spoke count from the current 28 if needs be. Drum & dyno hub combination would be good but I suspect the small width limits how much you can stuff into a hub.
The rim brakes it has are ok but not great, stopping is more an aspiration than expectation if going too quickly. Road and Brompton calipers are too short a drop but I have found some Tektro long drop ones that look like they'd be an improvement.
I've always fancied having a go on drum brakes though, just to see how they do - this is the ideal pootle/multi mode bike to give them a go on I think.
I can find front hubs with with a 100mm over locknut width for bigger wheel bikes but my Googling so far has failed to find anything other than a dynohub at 75mm.
Does anyone know if there is a drum brake hub at 75mm? I'm happy to build it up into a new wheel with different spoke count from the current 28 if needs be. Drum & dyno hub combination would be good but I suspect the small width limits how much you can stuff into a hub.
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