Single lever/ dual brake idea's??

[Fulton]

Mangled my left hand at work. Surgery in febuary. Not a chance in hell of me squeezing a front brake lever any time soon.

Anyone have any idea's of a mix matched lever/calipers combo that would make this work? I'm pretty sure i can make a splitter for the hose, so basically, what I would need is a lever that pushes ALOT of fluid, and a caliper that takes very little (about half to be exact).

idea's?

[sanjuro]

There have been plenty of stories about riders who have lost a hand or an arm but kept on riding.

Finding one of those tales and contacting the rider would be the way to go...

[Westy]

Maybe something like this with some Avid mechanicals.
http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000AO7H16/104-7317967-2837514?SubscriptionId=19BAZMZQFZJ6G2QYGCG2

I think it would be really tough to balance the power with hydro's without some fancy valving. It should be fairly easy withe BB7s.

[jefedelosjefes]

you would probably have better luck rigging up mechanical disk brakes like BB7's this way unless you want to build custom calipers or lever.

[xy9ine]

you could bolt 2 levers together a la stacy kohut's rig:

http://www.sitski.com/stacy/stacey_kohut_1.jpg

orrr... some brakes have bleed screws & line fittings the same size (these are hopes) that allow bridging the two together with standard fittings (though your rear brake line would be really long - from the front to rear caliper). no idea how this would work in practice.

http://i3.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/be/bd/958e_3.JPG

[fred.r]

Contact this guy on mtbr.com
http://forums.mtbr.com/member.php?u=233972
Rides w/ only one arm so I'm sure he's got some kind of system figured out.

[Sandwich]

check out grimeca brakes. They make a tandem setup that allows one lever to control both brakes. That might be perfect for you.

[caseyo]

Run avid BB7's with half a gyro. Byron Cross, a guy with one arm, one hook in Mt. Shasta CA rides like this. You can tune the pads easily to make the rear hit a bit before the front, or however else you wanna set it up. How do you plan to grip though?

[CKxx]

check out grimeca brakes. They make a tandem setup that allows one lever to control both brakes. That might be perfect for you.

Yep. They have a version of the 6-pot brakes that works both brakes, proportionally, with each lever.

[jeremyb]

Thumb brake ala some motorcycle racers for the rear and normal lever for the front ;) you run them both on the same side of the bars.

You could probably make one with a shortened lever and mount the thing backwards on the bar :)

http://stores.sportbiketrackgear.com/Categories.bok?category=BRAKES%3AGP+Tech+thumb+bra kes

[FOXROX]

i saw a guy at diablo.. he had both levers on the same side on on top of the other... one was in a little bit more then the other ... 1 finger breaking ..i thought it was a good idea

[Intenseman]

http://b2r.free.fr/modif.php?lang=

[Tmsracing37]

I purchased this mechanical dual pull lever on ebay for 12 bucks in total. They are made by Pyramid. I run the lever with a set of Avid bb5’s. I have tinkered with them for a while and have found that I the best way to control brake basis is running different rotor sizes vs. cable tension. I like to use an 8” rotor in the back and 7 inch in front.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z162/Tmsracing37/junkyarddog6.jpg

[Fulton]

it looks like a dual bb7's maybe the way to go, plus I can put my machinist buddy to work to make me a cool ass cnc machined lever.

just for kicks, anyone have any info on the grimeca stuff? can't find anything, and the website is in italian.

thanks for all your help

[Fulton]

How do you plan to grip though?

my middle and index fingers are broken ( in 4 spots), and i did some tendon damage as well. That leaves me with my ring and pinkie finger, and I have about 50% strength in my thumb, to hold the bar, gonna be interesting!

[freakrock]

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2006/412f2943dm6.jpg