Here are a few pictures of the front and rear. I don’t see any mounting holes for brakes, like my MTB has.
Adding handlebar brakes to a bike?
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adding caliper brakes maybe a bit more of a challenge than realized, many details to get set up right, (easier said than done) probably best to keep this bike, and money providing check out some other models (even test ride) at a local bike shop ,,you can have two bikes, long as you got the room .
A caliper brake could be fitted to the rear. You can see the mounting provision on the frame: centrally located bolt on the bridge. That said, the coaster brake is more effective. On a road bike it's a tolerable option. Keep it.
The front fork crown is partially obscured but I doubt there is a hole through the bottom of the head tube. The front brake is of course more important than the rear brake. No idea why they still sell bikes without a front brake. Does this bike have a quill stem or a threadless headset? Probably the first. You should be able to find a cheap used fork and wheel with brake. Ask at your LBS.
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Yeah, you could add a rear brake easily. The front would probably require drilling. Can’t tell for certain given that angle.
The thinking (I generally disagree with) with children is to transition them from sidewalk bikes to real bikes is with a coaster brake and a rear handbrake. Many adults are afraid of the front brake, which is a shame, since it’s so much more essential.
If it were my wife I probably would add a brake, unless I knew the bike would never leave the boardwalk. Did I ever tell you about Charity Horn? She lost her life descending a hill when her chain derailed. She only had one brake, a Bendix coaster.
You can zip tie the rear brake cable housing. Or get fancy bolt on cable stops for interrupted cable housing, which is better.
Still, drilling a hole is no great shakes.
The thinking (I generally disagree with) with children is to transition them from sidewalk bikes to real bikes is with a coaster brake and a rear handbrake. Many adults are afraid of the front brake, which is a shame, since it’s so much more essential.
If it were my wife I probably would add a brake, unless I knew the bike would never leave the boardwalk. Did I ever tell you about Charity Horn? She lost her life descending a hill when her chain derailed. She only had one brake, a Bendix coaster.
You can zip tie the rear brake cable housing. Or get fancy bolt on cable stops for interrupted cable housing, which is better.
Still, drilling a hole is no great shakes.
Those fenders............man just because it can be done. Save the money up and buy a new bike,
My wife has a similar bike and she asked me the same thing. It's some Chinese made frame. I told her if it were something vintage, special or even the slightest bit cool, I'd have brake tabs welded on and lace in disc hubs but in this case, it's better to just get a new bike.
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That bike have a springer front end?
that's false, they are useless with the wrong brake linings. They work as in the dry with good linings
