Originally Posted by
Jixr
Hi everyone.
One of my bikes only has a front brake mount, and the stock brake isn't that great on it.
So i'm going to upgrade it along with new levers.
I know there are special cables where if you pull one brake lever, it pulls both brakes ( front and rear ) but i'm wanting to see if there is something where if I put brake levers on both sides of the handle bars, pulling either will activate the front brake.
Why would you want to do this? Those cables that pull both brakes at the same time are very problematic. First, they require a lot of adjustment. Second, if you pull both brakes at the same time with the same lever you're not likely to have great braking capacity. Third, the front brake pads will wear more quickly than the rear pads, requiring frequent adjustments. Forth, there are many times when you'd want to pull only one brake at a time.
Post up the types of brakes you have and we'll try to figure out what is wrong with them. The front brakes SHOULD work fine. They're probably just adjusted poorly.