Braking without left hand brake

[dicko]

My very first cycle, a German one as we lived in Germany, only had a right hand caliper front wheel brake as it had the worlds most powerful back pedal break. Riding in England was a laugh, the people who thought it had only one brake 😂

 

[alicat]

Oh, I think I was familiar with coaster brakes as a child.

 

[mickle]

Thanks very much @mickle - what you said about cable breakage did worry me, I must admit.

I did order a Problem solvers doodah but didn't fit it. I'm trying to be brave and ride without any adaptation. It does mean that I'm not riding much at all but as time passes and the bend in my finger improves the problem should go away, I hope.

I'll have a go with your solution since it should work with my flat bar shopper bike and my Brompton.

Just to mention, you'll probably need to move your right hand lever inboard a wee bit to allow room to fit the lh lever. It'll be a bit of a fiddle with the brommie

 

[Gillstay]

Thanks very much @mickle - what you said about cable breakage did worry me, I must admit.

I did order a Problem solvers doodah but didn't fit it. I'm trying to be brave and ride without any adaptation. It does mean that I'm not riding much at all but as time passes and the bend in my finger improves the problem should go away, I hope.

I'll have a go with your solution since it should work with my flat bar shopper bike and my Brompton.

I would think brake cable breakages are amazingly rare and see no reason why you cannot dial in some bias on the brakes so the front comes into action first. It was easy enough to do on a Rudge motorbike.

 

[alicat]

^^^ I can imagine that such cable breakages are rare and still quite terrifying all the same, especially as I've spent all year recovering from a broken finger...

 

[mickle]

I would think brake cable breakages are amazingly rare and see no reason why you cannot dial in some bias on the brakes so the front comes into action first. It was easy enough to do on a Rudge motorbike.

Rare they are, to be sure, but I'd never make a technical recommendation that might -however slim the chances - result in total loss of brakes.

What mechanism would you use to allow for the adjustment of bias in a cable operated bicycle brake system?

 

[Gillstay]

As I said earlier, BMX parts. They have adjusters so you would need one a bit tighter than the other.

 

[mickle]

As I said earlier, BMX parts. They have adjusters so you would need one a bit tighter than the other.

How do you account for brake pad wear?

 

[Gillstay]

Same as any other wear, simple maintenance.

 

[mickle]

Same as any other wear, simple maintenance.

I meant in relation to your brake bias system. How do you maintain the desired brake bias ratio through the life cycle of a brake block?