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2 brake cables on one lever. Advice needed

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  1. An acquaintance had a stroke and only has use of his right hand so bike has to be set up for
    one-handed shifting and braking. I've looked at the 'World Class Wishbone' cable splitter;
    harriscyclery.netpage.cfm

    Does anyone have any experience with it? I was wondering if it would work for shrt cable fr brake
    and x-long cable rear brake (recumbent) as fr brakes usually require less pressure than rear.

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'd love to get him back on a bike. Barry Davidson

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  2. There are levers made for tandems that use two cables. Any tandem specialist will have them.
    Phil Brown

  3. "Barry Davidson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    An acquaintance had a stroke and only has use of his right hand so bike has to be set up for
    one-handed shifting and braking. I've looked at the 'World Class Wishbone' cable splitter;
    harriscyclery.netpage.cfm

    Does anyone have any experience with it? I was wondering if it would work for shrt cable fr brake
    and x-long cable rear brake (recumbent) as fr brakes usually require less pressure than rear.


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    Works OK on my tandem, with a longer rear cable than on a recumbent, so you should be OK for
    what you want.

    Anyone selling tandem parts will probably be able to supply suitable dual pull levers.

    Andrew Webster

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    An acquaintance had a stroke and only has use of his right hand so bike


    has

    Quoted message said:

    to be set up for one-handed shifting and braking. I've looked at the 'World Class Wishbone' cable
    splitter; harriscyclery.netpage.cfm

    Does anyone have any experience with it? I was wondering if it would work for shrt cable fr brake
    and x-long cable rear brake (recumbent) as fr


    brakes

    Quoted message said:

    usually require less pressure than rear.

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'd love to get him back on a bike. Barry Davidson

    I have used this device on my bike. See: jrees.netLefty for pictures. I have only a partial
    right hand, and cannot use STI levers. In this application, I have the front brake be the straight
    through cable, and the rear attaches (inside the gizmo) to the front cable. I have it biased so the
    front touches the rim first. Works great for me. John Rees

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