Hi,
I foudn a very strange old disc/strap brake this week. We visited my daughter in France this week. She's working at Eurocamp, where she was riding an old decathlon France bike, reclaimed I think when a visitor threw it, as she finds the site bikes are too large. It was in astonishingly poor condition, broken/disconnected front brake and almost no rear, everything loose, the chain ring loose, bent and rubbing on the frame, levers solid, buckled wheels, dodgy gears etc. So I bought some tools (and parts) and serviced it.
The read brake was a covered solid metal disc attached to the wheel, maybe 1cm thick & 15cm diameter, with a thick strap around the edge, which when pulled tightened around the *edge* of the disc, braking the wheel (well it does now!).
They don't match the pictures of Drum brakes I've seen, and aren't disc brakes as we know them. I don't even know what to google to find out about them, and I'm very curious. Has anyone seen these.
Cheers
Steve
I foudn a very strange old disc/strap brake this week. We visited my daughter in France this week. She's working at Eurocamp, where she was riding an old decathlon France bike, reclaimed I think when a visitor threw it, as she finds the site bikes are too large. It was in astonishingly poor condition, broken/disconnected front brake and almost no rear, everything loose, the chain ring loose, bent and rubbing on the frame, levers solid, buckled wheels, dodgy gears etc. So I bought some tools (and parts) and serviced it.
The read brake was a covered solid metal disc attached to the wheel, maybe 1cm thick & 15cm diameter, with a thick strap around the edge, which when pulled tightened around the *edge* of the disc, braking the wheel (well it does now!).
They don't match the pictures of Drum brakes I've seen, and aren't disc brakes as we know them. I don't even know what to google to find out about them, and I'm very curious. Has anyone seen these.
Cheers
Steve
