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- From: EPLUS17@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans)
- Subject: Re: Tri-bar safety
- References: <74171@cup.portal.com> <1993Jan23.134028.7997@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <16B5FFD69.EPLUS17@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan24.214030.22352@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 01:12:14 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan24.214030.22352@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- sjlt@leland.Stanford.EDU (Sean Lev-Tov) writes:
-
- >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
-
- I seem to have forgotten to mention the word "tandem."
-
- ..Richard E+17
-
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