Brake lever on top tube?
10-21-06, 12:52 PM
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Brake lever on top tube?
I have seen a few people do this, and i recently got my friend to do it. it actually looks kinda cool, and makes you realize how little you actually need to use your brake on a fixed gear, yet its still there if you really need it. any thoughts on this? on a bunch of steel frames, you can simply clamp something like a cross interrupter onto the to tube, or you can glue/tape a standard road or bmx lever on.
10-21-06, 12:57 PM
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I can see someone reaching for that in a pinch and flying over their bars with ease.
10-21-06, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by trackstar10
i recently got my friend to do it
Worst idea ever. It's not really there when you need it.
10-21-06, 01:03 PM
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dont listen to these people.. its a fine place for a lever...and you dont flyover the bars on a fixed gear like you do wirh a freewheel.. and if youre running drops..especially track drops.. one road lever is, like, so tacky
10-21-06, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by sloppy robot
you dont flyover the bars on a fixed gear like you do wirh a freewheel..
10-21-06, 01:23 PM
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I have one mounted on the seat tube and another on the chain stays. That way if one fails I always have a backup.
10-21-06, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by LóFarkas
Ummm, .... you do.
its been explained a bajillion times.. yes, bajillion
10-21-06, 01:32 PM
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it looks pretty cool there on the top tube. i think it would look cooler if you surgically implanted it on your forearm. right or left, depending on your personal preferance.
10-21-06, 03:42 PM
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they should make handheld brake levers... you know? put it in your pocket till you need it. I guess you could just mount a bmx lever to a 4" piece of pipe. yeah, I'm gonna try it.
10-21-06, 03:50 PM
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And invisible cable and housing! Maybe fishing line and transparent rubber tubes? I think We're on to something here!
*excited*
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Originally Posted by trackstar10
yet its still there if you really need it. any thoughts on this?
A) Because there are better places to put the brake lever.
and
B) Because there are better places to put the brake lever.
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They just need to make a remote controlled brake caliper. Keep the remote in your messenger bag, then when you're in a pinch, you can unclip the sternum strap, swing the bag around, rummage through the 1,000 cubic feet of junk and 10 pockets, find the remote, and hope the batteries aren't dead.
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I knew a guy who had his brake setup on his stem like that.
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If you're going to run brakes, why on earth would you
put there where you cannot reach them in an emergency?
What is the reasoning?
put there where you cannot reach them in an emergency?
What is the reasoning?
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OP must not like his friend very much
10-21-06, 06:25 PM
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i had one on my stem for a while.
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The biggest problem that I see with this is that, if you need it, you are in an emergency situation and you have to take one hand off the bars. So now you're frantically trying to stop, and you have less control of the bike. At least with a small lever near the stem on drop bars or bullhorns you still have both hands on the bar and have a chance of keeping the bike under control.
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wait.. top tube..
thats stupid..
so stupid that i didnt even think that when i read it.. i thought you meant the top of the drop bars
also so stupid that you might be the type of person that even on a fixed gear, flips over the bars
so scratch all my earlier comments
thats stupid..
so stupid that i didnt even think that when i read it.. i thought you meant the top of the drop bars
also so stupid that you might be the type of person that even on a fixed gear, flips over the bars
so scratch all my earlier comments