Thursday, August 21, 2008

Trike Caliper Brakes

Jack Baker showed me this on a tadpole trike he made ...
It's an inexpensive alternative to disk brakes.  And yet is quite effective in stopping the trike.  You'll notice that he has 2 brake lines hooked up to the same brake handle.

Since you have to make some kind of guard to keep your elbows out of the wheels ...
you could simply add the caliper brakes out there as well ...
or triangulate the two for even greater rigidity.

This may also provide a means of attaching fenders ...
I'll have to try this on one of my DW trikes.

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