From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Modeling a Bicycle

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Add brake mounts

- [Instructor] The main parts of the frame are now complete. But with items like bike frames, the devil is in the detail really. By this, I mean that we can now potentially add all sorts of different extra items that will actually allow the frame to be more useful. These could range from small extra mounting points for bottle cages to areas where you can mount your brakes and gears. Depending on your exact setup, these will vary hugely. So it's really up to you what kind of items of hardware you add. In this first video, I'm going to model up and add two mounting points for rear rim brakes. These are just an example really because maybe you want to use disc brakes or another kind. In which case, you probably have mounting points down here on the chainstay or seats stay or maybe built directly into the rear dropouts. But for this style, we'll just model up a simple boss that's got a threaded hole that the actual…

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