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MSBNL:
Hi all,
Getting a new frame for my trails orientated bike and I have a few questions, seeing as I only got back to riding brakes for like a year or so. I'm now riding my old S&M blackbike with SS mounts and I'm wondering if with CS brakes hitting your foot on the brake with for example tailwhips or nofooters is an issue? Any other reasons to pick one over the other? Second question, for all of you that run gyros, what setup would you reccomend? Specifically torn between dual lower cables or those 2 to 1 cables like the ody G3 cable. Last but not least, I remember hearing of compatibility issues with the Ody Springfield brake, CS brakemounts and gyros (more specifically dual lower cables), did I make this up? Can't seem to find much info on the interwebz so I'm hoping for some BG knowledge, thanks in advance ;)

paranoidmexican:
I think you'll be fine with either cs or ss brakes. As fit the gyro if you get the Springfield brakes the 2 in 1 cable is the easiest option. Personally I'm running old fly brakes with dual lower cables. I went to Sundays website and bought a cable and just cut it in half.

O.G. David:
Chainstay brakes looks so much cleaner, you won't hit your foot on them too.

theboredbmxer:
The only time I've had any problems with anything catching the brakes was shoelaces or pant leg snagging on the post on the pads. I switched to female bolt pads and haven't had a problem since. Fly, eclat and odyssey make female bolt pads, I do believe sprinfields come with female ghost pads so you should be golden.

Also on a gyro, dual lower cables or no gyro at all. More adjustability and so much smoother/stronger/ less stretch. The dual cable setup I had was better than any straight cable setups I've had. It was odsy dual cable lever (m3?), odsy gtx-r, London mod, fly brakes.

Sasha:
The Odyssey Ghost pads fucking suck. Avoid.

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