It’s always interesting seeing how people take ideas and create it. Jimmy Biondi wanted to see if he could get hydraulic brakes on his bike…
We know… We know… Everyone rides brakeless these days. Actually, not everyone! There’s still a good number of riders out there that run brakes and love them. Over the years, BMX brakes haven’t changed a whole lot, though. We’ve seen the same style of U-Brakes, V-Brakes and even a brief run in with disc brakes that lasted about two minutes over the years, but we haven’t seen much when it comes to hydraulic brake systems. Jimmy Biondi decided he wanted to try it out to, so he spent a year and about $600 to figure out how to get a set of Magura Rim Brakes to work on a custom Titanium fork with mounts. The process was a little more complicated than expected, but in the end he ended up with a crazy brake setup that he likes a lot and could be easier to maintain than traditional BMX brakes with springs. You can learn all about how he did it over on Flat Matters where he talks about the motive, the process, hurdles that he had to jump and more. It sounds like he’s already starting to play around with figuring out how to get hydraulic rear brakes using a hydraulic rotor that would all the bars and bike to spin without cutting off the flow of oil. If you’re a design, product, BMX nerd… This is definitely worth a peek!
Anyone else ever played with hydraulic brakes on a BMX bike or have seen anyone else do it? What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comments below!
