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Enhance Your Bike's Safety with Sunlite 26'' Rear Bicycle Brake Kit Review

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Revainrating 2.5 out of 5  
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2.3
🚴‍♀️ Cycling, 🥋 Sports & Fitness

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Description of Enhance Your Bike's Safety with Sunlite 26'' Rear Bicycle Brake Kit

The Sunlite 26'' Rear Brake Kit includes everything you need to install and operate a rear brake for your beach cruiser (also works for mountain bikes). This brake works well with cruisers and most mountain bikes, and includes brake pads, a brake lever, brake cable, and brake caliper. Installation is simple: just feed the brake cable in to the arm of the brake caliper. Tighten to the pull of the cable to the tension you're comfortable with, then clamp down to keep the cable's tension. Bolt the caliper's mounting stud through the rear brake port of the bicycle, mount your brake lever to the handlebars, and you're ready to ride. Great for standard and motorized bicycle builds.

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Revainrating 4 out of 5

Ideal for cycling

This was the perfect replacement part for a 1980's bike. The original braking system is no longer made and this was a similar replacement.

Pros
  • Top marks for grip and durability from testers
Cons
  • 0

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Save Money: Don't Buy

Don't buy this side tensioning caliper. The material is cheap metal. I cut off the bolt holding the cable to the caliper. Literally pulling the nut will split the bolt in half. It's not worth your safety.

Pros
  • Easy to read control panel
Cons
  • Low repairability

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Not as much stopping power as I expected

I was expecting this set of brakes to have a little more stopping power than it is. I've adjusted the pads several times, but it doesn't help. I cleaned the discs (they are new) and cleaned the pads. I understand that the front brakes (older than dirt) should stop most of the time, but the rear ones should work better since they are NEW.

Pros
  • Excellent overall performance
Cons
  • Doubtful

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Don't buy this. Support your local business.

All the details are there but the cord is a bit short. I bought this for my son's folding bike. Despite the small size, the cable stretches to the limit and barely fits. The brake pads slipped and couldn't stop the bike no matter how hard I pulled on the handle. 4 nuts of different sizes for 9 used in this set. I also believe they are a mix of metric and imperial sizes. For real! You need a whole toolbox to install and set it up on the go. There is no quality control. This was clearly done by…

Pros
  • Stylish and modern design
Cons
  • Slightly wrinkled