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- From: sjlt@leland.Stanford.EDU (Sean Lev-Tov)
- Subject: Re: Tri-bar safety
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.214030.22352@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <74171@cup.portal.com> <1993Jan23.134028.7997@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <16B5FFD69.EPLUS17@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 21:40:30 GMT
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- In article <16B5FFD69.EPLUS17@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu> EPLUS17@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans) writes:
- >>In article <74171@cup.portal.com>, JForester@cup.portal.com (John - Forester) writes...
- >>> I have since seen some tri-bars with
- >>>brake levers, but I don't know whether the bikes that carry these
- >>>also have brake levers in the normal place. If so, what is the
- >>>mechanism for linking the action?
- >
- >I have a home designed/built aero bar dating back to the
- >late 70's (yes, well before they were mass marketed.)
-
- stuff deleted
-
- >as I think I can ever handle in the aero position. (If I
- >had to do it over again, I might link that extra lever
- >to the front rather than rear brake.)
-
- I don't think I'd use the front brake for that. When using your
- aerobars your center of gravity is farther forward and you'd
- be more likely to flip. I think that if you're using aero bars
- in the first place, you probably won't need super hard braking.
- Therefore I think wiring a 3rd lever to the rear brake is the
- way to go.
-
- Sean
-