Race/fixed - BLB

The brake R also said brake rod or bar line was one of the first braking devices used on some vintage bicycles and classic. A differeneza of the classic brake that uses a steel cable brakes R utilizzanI brakes Race / Fixed are called in this way precisely because they are used on these types of bike and are characterized by two levers of the first kind, which are fixed on a single pin in common. This type of brake requires a single spring, which is anchored in its middle to the pin of the levers, allowing so to have always a perfect action on both levers, the command also takes place with the simple cable brake, without the use of a second cable and a plate of doubling, also the adjustment control of the cable is directly on the brake levers (useful to vary the rest position of the brake and reset the braking during normal wear of the shoes).