Quoting !Jones <[email hidden]>:
Quoted message said:Give the drum control to the stoker. This also works (and is the
usual solution) unless there's a miscommunication. When you need the
brake, there isn't time to do the bonding thing.
That worked perfectly well for us. It is not as if the drum is ever
required urgently; you need it when you are thinking "If I continue having
to brake through all these corners I will eventually overheat a rim".
There is plenty of time to repeat "Brake on, please" if necessary.
Quoted message said:Here is one I like. (I have "mountain" bars.) I purchased a pair of
"time trial" levers from Nashbar that mount in the bar ends. As
levers. they stink; however, they work well enough for the drag unit.
The lever can easily be positioned where the captain's thumb can
activate it leaving his/her hand on the rest of the controls.
This does not seem suitable to me; whoever is operating the drum brake, I
prefer it to be on a ratchet, because it must stay engaged for long
periods of time. I think that is even more true if it is distracting the
captain's hand from its other duties - adjusting speed with the rim
brakes, changing gear, scratching his nose [1], etc.
[1] This is not a joke; sometimes I do want a hand free for something that
isn't on the handlebars, and sometimes it has to be a particular hand.
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