Sram brake question

[Citius]

How long has this feature been around for? Wow it must be a while because it's on the old borrowed Vanquish with Sora brakes!

Don't know when it came in, but it's been on my bikes for 25 years or more...

 

[raleighnut]

1980s to my knowledge the earliest set I've got are on a pair of Weinmann type 500 and they are 30+ years old

 

[Andywinds]

Don't know when it came in, but it's been on my bikes for 25 years or more...

I came to road bikes this year, before that I started riding on MTB 2.5 years ago. I did have a Peugeot road bike 28 years ago, and what was on that is anyone's guess! All I remember was that the gear levers were on the down tube without any indexing!

 

[Hacienda71]

They are on my 1980 Carlton Super Course the brakes are the original Weinmanns.

 

[winjim]

Campagnolo achieve the same thing with a little bar on the shifter which allows the brake lever to move back into the shifter housing, slackening the cable.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Campagnolo achieve the same thing with a little bar on the shifter which allows the brake lever to move back into the shifter housing, slackening the cable.

Better too, because if you do forget to reset it you've still got full braking power.

 

[RichardB]

Campagnolo achieve the same thing with a little bar on the shifter which allows the brake lever to move back into the shifter housing, slackening the cable.

My old Carlton (1979-ish) had a button at the top of the brake lever. When you depressed it, it allowed the lever to rise another half inch or so and slacken off the brakes. Operating the lever clicked it out again, so no risk of riding around with loose brakes. I think they were Weinmann centre-pulls.