The Canonical Wide Brake Information Thread

[likwid]

Still not stickied?

Marker Duke/Baron/Jester/etc.

put brake arm in vice grips.
put vice grips in bench vice.
slip tubing over brake.
bend.

this worked perfectly for Hellbents. (just need a slight "tweak" outwards)



Note: do not use cheap vice grips, you'll break them.

[Alpentele]

Thanks and bump--great info in this thread

[The Dad]

Bump for the impending season -- any updated brake info to add?

[stevesmith7]

Before you spend $40 at Al's try Look/Rossi direct. They were mid $20s last spring.



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[The Dad]

Before you spend $40 at Al's try Look/Rossi direct. They were mid $20s last spring.

Excellent point -- thanks, Steve. Adding that thought to the main post.

[Wes Mantooth]

Video tutorial on how to take apart and bend FKS brakes

[ame="http://vimeo.com/4218404"]FKS on Vimeo[/ame]

[hossman]

? is the brake on the 09 FF17 removable (like the peak18), and are the brakes interchangeable? I have some peak wide brakes (and a jig), and now see some rockin prices on the ff17pros.... the fore/aft adj. sounds like something cool to play with, but don't want to get into tyrolia bending hell (solly is tough enough).

tia

[The Dad]

Yes, they're definitely removable.

Tyrolia's Technical Data book says that the 08-09 FF17 and 09-10 Peak 18 both use the PB Race Pro brake.

[-Jake-]

Bringing back an old thread.....

So I was wondering if it is possible to bend a 130mm brake to a 105 waisted ski. I know it can sometimes create drag when carving. I don't have much experience bending brakes so I was just wondering if it's even worth trying. I also heard that I can replace my fritschi brake arms with saloman arms to save money ($70 for fritschi brake system)