More on Brake Brackets

Here's a view in the sunshine

A look at a bracket ...
The bracket is only 6" long ... so it's very sturdy.
we leaned 230 lbs on the end of this bracket ...
and we weren't seeing much flex.

Here's what the brackets look like from a front quarter view.
If I had mounted them so they were horizontal ...
they would have been longer ... and I would have triangulated them.