Originally Posted by
JeanCoutu
Well yeah obviously I'd have to make something as seen on drum brakes, what I'm wondering is if it would work reasonably well given a v brake lever and fingers to pull it. I seem to recall having to put a lot of weight on the pedal to get any useful braking out of said brakes, but that was a long time ago, and back then I was also much smaller/lighter.
I really doubt you could get enough travel out of a lever to even start to apply the brake, let alone pull with enough force.