Trailer brakes

<[email hidden]> wrote : (clip) Any ideas, folks?
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How about using hydraulic disk brakes? That will automatically equalize the
two sides. Then, I suggest using the forward stopping force in the trailer
tongue to compress the master cylinder--then you have no extra connection to
the bike, and you ride and stop in the normal way. I've never heard of this
on a bike trailer, but it works on automotive trailers quite well. A friend
of mine was able to pull a boat and a camping trailer behind his car and
come to an orderly stop.

Quoted message said:

Now the kids are getting bigger and heavier, I've had a few problems
with braking the trailer on descents, especially on wet and greasy
roads (the bike has Magura HS-33s, which are generally very good).

So looking in my bits bin, I've a couple of BMX caliper brakes that I
could easily fit to the trailer wheels, but the problem is figuring out
how to operate them from the bike.

These guys sell trailers with surge brakes:
http://www.cdnbvr.com/bicycle.htm
http://www.cycletote.com/options.html

If you're still wanting a hand-operated trailer brake, you could
probably use a cable splitter (used on travel bikes:
http://www.sandsmachine.com/ac_cable.htm ) to allow you to unhitch the
trailer.

Jeff

Quoted message said:

Any ideas, folks?

Do it like a giant canti system, with a central point where a
crossover cable is pulled by the lever cable; if you want greater
assurance of balance, use a pulley instead of a simple yoke.
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