Now power brakes for cyclists

[MichaelW2]

How will it send a signal from the lever to brake if the batteries are flat?

A helpfull schoolboy will offer the use of his bluetooth connected mobile phone to apply your brakes.

 

[classic33]

How do I electrically assist the rod brakes on my roadster?

Something like this?

 

[DRM]

Seems to be the answer to a problem nobody has!

 

[stoatsngroats]

Drago, earlier:

View: https://youtu.be/mT3vfSQePcs

That is a cracking taste of the future!

 

[Paulus]

What happens when your battery goes flat 30 miles from home?
It's fine with the far from fault free Di2 gears being stuck in one gear, but no brakes????

How will it send a signal from the lever to brake if the batteries are flat?

Yep, when you run out of battery on a tricky downhill you go, Arrrrgh, Bolllloxxxx, Shyyyyte!

Sounds like a time to re-invent the dynamo hub?

 

[Mr Celine]

I learnt to drive in a car without a brake servo. The pedal needed quite a push, even though the car wasn't much over half a tonne.

My first banger, a 1972 Mark 3 Cortina, weighed nearly a ton and did not have a brake servo. From my researches (trawling round scrap yards looking for spare parts as one did in the 80's) this was rare.
I could still lock the front wheels on dry tarmac but this really did require almost standing on the brake pedal.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

My first banger, a 1972 Mark 3 Cortina, weighed nearly a ton and did not have a brake servo. From my researches (trawling round scrap yards looking for spare parts as one did in the 80's) this was rare.
I could still lock the front wheels on dry tarmac but this really did require almost standing on the brake pedal.

When I was about 17 I spent a few weeks working on a farm in Canada
They had an old American car there with power windows, steering and everything
but non powered brakes!!!
and it was standard 1970s Yank sized

stopping it was an experience!!!

Seemed like they had their priorities wrong - steering that could spin the wheel with you little finger - but stopping the car requires huge effort