Thread: Dual Braking
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Old 03-31-08 | 11:07 AM
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masiman
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Originally Posted by the1amradio
yeah, check this out: http://www.amazon.com/Pyramid-Alloy-...6885882&sr=8-1

a bit of fiddling with the cable tensions should have that working pretty gracefully, I should think.
Another forum member had this to say about controlling two brakes from one lever:

Originally Posted by TandemGeek
At one time Dia Compe produced a tandem model of the Aero 287V level that incorporated two brake cable anchors in the right hand brake lever. This was known as the 287T and/or 287 Tandem. Some of the dealers like Mel Kornbluh at TandemsEast.com or perhaps Mark Johnson at PrecisionTandems.com may still have some of these around or they may have information regarding the follow-on levers from Cane Creek, the SCM-5V.

There is also something called a wishbone dual brake cable control. Again, the same two folks -- Mel or Mark -- will likely have them. Here's a link to a photo of one on Mel Kornbluh's website... near the bottom of the page:
http://www.tandemseast.com/parts/brakes.html
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