John Lynch, For helping me a lot with the machining of the plates and shaft collars. Also for pretty much completly designing the way of attatching the plates to the axle.
Mike Jewett, For letting me use his mill and helping me make the caliper holder.
Matt Aaron, For design help, taking out all the bugs in the design.
Spencer Hochberg, For design help and bugging me to get it finnished so he could ride it.
That thing is soooooo sweet evan. Only flaw I can see is that the cable may break really easily from falls ontop of it. You may have fixed that though…
Jeeze, 5 replys in 10 min? Calm down guys, its only the most awesome bc ever made, nothing to get too exited about.
The housing very well may have a short life on it, however it is cheap, and can be replaces if needed.
It rides fine, Though you would think i you’re riding at a good pace, and you slam on the lever, thats where you would need to be carfull. Nope, its when you release the lever that you tend to get pushed off.
Just a thought though, you may want to attach the cable housing securely to the plate next to the caliper, and then up by the handle/grip too, or add another cable on the outside of the houseing so that if you do fall and hold onto the lever too long, or if something gets caught it doesn’t give the caliper a huge jolt. Not that it’s going to break it, I just don’t imagine it would be good for it long term.
OKay serious now… wouldn’t it be better with some sort of knob sticking out were the axle bolt is, not for hopping but just to help keep your feet from moving around on the plates?
That’s sort of what I said. Even if you’re not going to hop on it, the bolts help me control it and I have a better feel for it. It feels like I can actually grip it, not just stand on it.
Mind you this is intended for very fast riding. 15mph+ on dirt. At a speed like that, i would like ot be able to jump off into a sprint without a damn bolt holding me back.
