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That V-brake mount is knackered and it’d be too expensive to reweld it. As a last resort you can see if you can use a bolt extractor and a lot of heat to get that boss fragment out but it’s gonna be tough and there’s a good chance your boss was press fit or welded and not screwed in. If you are able to get that fragment out then you can replace it with a cantilever stud:

cantilever

The cheapest and most realistic option is to mount a caliper brake on your seat stay bridge. You keep your old wheel. You may need to find long reach calipers, modern ones may have too short of a reach or aren’t wide enough for your wheels.

caliper brake

Another option though much more expensive is to get a rear disk brake conversion kit. They attach to your rear triangle. They’re more expensive as you need the conversion kit, the disk brakes, maybe new brake levers, and most likely a new wheel that is disc compatible. It’s your rear wheel so you lose traction before anything else so you won’t brake faster but you’ll at least look cooler.

disk brake conversion kit

That V-brake mount is knackered and it’d be too expensive to reweld it.

The cheapest option is to mount a caliper brake on your seat stay bridge. You keep your old wheel. You may need to find long reach calipers, modern ones may have too short of a reach or aren’t wide enough for your wheels.

caliper brake

Another option though much more expensive is to get a rear disk brake conversion kit. They attach to your rear triangle. They’re more expensive as you need the conversion kit, the disk brakes, maybe new brake levers, and most likely a new wheel that is disc compatible. It’s your rear wheel so you lose traction before anything else so you won’t brake faster but you’ll at least look cooler.

disk brake conversion kit

That V-brake mount is knackered and it’d be too expensive to reweld it. As a last resort you can see if you can use a bolt extractor and a lot of heat to get that boss fragment out but it’s gonna be tough and there’s a good chance your boss was press fit or welded and not screwed in. If you are able to get that fragment out then you can replace it with a cantilever stud:

cantilever

The cheapest and most realistic option is to mount a caliper brake on your seat stay bridge. You keep your old wheel. You may need to find long reach calipers, modern ones may have too short of a reach or aren’t wide enough for your wheels.

caliper brake

Another option though much more expensive is to get a rear disk brake conversion kit. They attach to your rear triangle. They’re more expensive as you need the conversion kit, the disk brakes, maybe new brake levers, and most likely a new wheel that is disc compatible. It’s your rear wheel so you lose traction before anything else so you won’t brake faster but you’ll at least look cooler.

disk brake conversion kit

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RoboKaren
  • 29.5k
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  • 93
  • 174

That V-brake mount is knackered and it’d be too expensive to reweld it.

The cheapest option is to mount a caliper brake on your seat stay bridge. You keep your old wheel. You may need to find long reach calipers, modern ones may have too short of a reach or aren’t wide enough for your wheels.

caliper brake

Another option though much more expensive is to get a rear disk brake conversion kit. They attach to your rear triangle. They’re more expensive as you need the conversion kit, the disk brakes, maybe new brake levers, and most likely a new wheel that is disc compatible. It’s your rear wheel so you lose traction before anything else so you won’t brake faster but you’ll at least look cooler.

disk brake conversion kit