Fly spring hanger brakes

[paranoidmexican]

I miss when fly bikes stuff was stupid expensive but amazing. OG brakes and levers was amazing.

[dude...]

were they though? they were cool when having the most expensive stuff was teh coolest. evos were always fine for me

[paranoidmexican]

were they though? they were cool when having the most expensive stuff was teh coolest. evos were always fine for me

I think so. I still have og fly brakes and think they are the best brake made.

[barcodebilly]

Yeah their og aluminum stuff was nice

[Kinchy]

People saying its not adjustable, you just bend the hanger to your desired setting, the further out you bend it the more tension it will have.

The fly brake system will change again next year and the year after that until the end of time

Not sure if you're implying this is bad.

[RighteousBMX]

People saying its not adjustable, you just bend the hanger to your desired setting, the further out you bend it the more tension it will have.

You are not able to adjust each arm individually with this brake. Less adjustability.

[@ss4oLe]

I used to think one needed both arms to be able to have spring adjustability too.

Since running Springfields, I've come to realize its not important.

[G]

I would expect that trying to push arms apart from the end of the hanger is going to put quite a bend into the hager/spring "legs" and give the brake a spongey feel, be interesting to hear how it goes for people in reality.

G.

[JFax]

I think so. I still have og fly brakes and think they are the best brake made.

Cant say for rear brake but my front one was 20000 % better than any other brake Ive had.

The last couple of models have been differently made though, so not sure if their brakes work as good anymore

[mattywatty]

I miss when fly bikes stuff was stupid expensive but amazing. OG brakes and levers was amazing.

This. I wish I still had my old CNCd Fly brakes.

[Cellmember]

I preferred the design they showed at interbike they had a slimmer profile but I can see why they went with the new route as you don't have to modify your brake mounts as in cut them down.

For anyone wanting to see the difference.

[Cellmember]

I can also see the centre piece where the cable hanger sits warping when using when pulling on the brake.

[lobbster]

So i did this back in the day with some odyssey brakes and a road bike spoke. it feels like shit and is a massive pain. the angle of the knarp entrance into the brake arm on the odysseys was just about right that it didnt stay in there at all well but luckily they had that bolt on top to clamp them into the arm. i guess fly will correct for this but without actually clamping to the arm i guess they are going to pop out here and there i would imagine.

my experience was just as g speculates. you also end up with the cable hanger kind of dangling around since the tension on the cable is pretty weak compared to that holding the brakes apart it isnt held in place properly by the cable. hard to explain. you also have to set the cable alignment up in the vertical plane in addition to the normal adjustments

I would expect that trying to push arms apart from the end of the hanger is going to put quite a bend into the hager/spring "legs" and give the brake a spongey feel, be interesting to hear how it goes for people in reality.

G.

[Kurt Hohberger]

I've been running the brakes since September and I really like them. Simple to install and the pull is actually pretty dialed and smooth. You do have to have your wheel centered or it can be spongy, but when the arms are pretty even it's real good.

[Cellmember]

I've been running the brakes since September and I really like them. Simple to install and the pull is actually pretty dialed and smooth. You do have to have your wheel centered or it can be spongy, but when the arms are pretty even it's real good.

Could we get some pictures with the brake installed, pretty please !