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2. List of bicycle parts - Wikipedia

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   Band brake is an alternative to rim brakes but can only be installed at the rear wheel. Coaster brakes are operated by pedaling backward; Brake lever: a lever for actuating a bicycle brake; Brake shifter or colloquially, brifter (see also Shimano Total Integration, Campagnolo ErgoPower and SRAM Double Tap): combined shifter and brake lever control

3. Hydraulic brake - Wikipedia

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   Fred Duesenberg used Lockheed Corporation hydraulic brakes on his 1914 racing cars [4] and his car company, Duesenberg, was the first to use the technology on the Duesenberg Model A in 1921. Knox Motors Company of Springfield, MA was equipping its tractors with hydraulic brakes, beginning in 1915. [5]

4. Shimano Total Integration - Wikipedia

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   Shimano STI Dual Control shifter and brake lever: 1. Main lever 2. Release lever A. Pulling the main lever towards the rider applies the brake B. Pushing the main lever towards the center of the bike downshifts one, two or three gears depending on how far the lever is pushed (right hand shifter) or changes from a small chainring to a larger chainring (left hand shifter)

5. Bicycle brake - Wikipedia

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   Magura hydraulic rim brake. Hydraulic rim brakes are one of the least common types of brakes. They are mounted either on the same pivot points used for cantilever and linear-pull brakes or they can be mounted on four-bolt brake mounts found on many trials frames. They were available on some high-end mountain bikes in the early 1990s, but ...

6. Shimano - Wikipedia

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   Shimano, Inc. (株式会社シマノ, Kabushiki-gaisha Shimano), originally Shimano Iron Works (島野鐵工所) and later Shimano Industries, Inc. (島野工業株式会社), is a Japanese multinational manufacturing company for cycling components, fishing tackle and rowing equipment, which also produced golf supplies until 2005 and snowboarding gear until 2008.

7. SRAM Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Avid was SRAM's next acquisition in the spring of 2004. Avid produced popular hydraulic disc brakes and gave SRAM one more means to compete with Shimano. Later that same year, SRAM purchased Truvativ, a crank, bottom bracket, and chainring manufacturer based out of San Luis Obispo, California. [11]