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Ive got a similar problem on the bicycle. On my tri bike the shifters are located at the end of the aero bars. What I want is a front brake lever on my right aero.
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http://www.clake.com.au/
Its called a Clake and as the name suggests combines the clutch and the rear brake into one lever. The clutch engages before the brake and the overlap can be adjusted. It also allows the rear brake to remain on the foot pedal.
Overall i liked the use of it, i had electronic shifting so it was difficult to pull the lever while pressing the button so i had an ignition cutout for clutch free upshifts, but it was great for downshift and really encouraged reducing coasting time. I would come into corners, brake and shift down, and then let off the brakes and let the clutch out at pretty much the same time.
Its an interesting product, unfortunately it didnt work with the original Rekluse that i had and got rid of because two levers on the left side of the bars was hard to use and simply removing the clutch made the power come on too smooth and boring. It also repeatedly burnt out my clutch fiber plates.
However if i could combine the two it would mean trouble free clutchless upshifts and pretty much zero chance of stalling.
Here locally we have a 24 hr HS race each year, 24 hrs of Maplesville. Last year or year before one of the faster local vet MX guys got on a team and the bike they rode was set up rekluse and handlebar brakes. First lap out he's all gusto and decides to jump the big triple on the MX portion of the course since most of the woods guys shy away from that. He comes out of the corner before, nails the throttle, and grabs a little feather of the clutch, but it wasn't the clutch. It was rear brake, no matter, he'd just make up for it by holding the power on a little longer up the face. Wrong, he'd lost a little too much speed. The bike was set up for woods and didn't accelerate like his MX bike. Add to that the suspension was way too soft for a 190 lb guy to come up 6 feet short in a 100' triple and he wadded it up pretty big. Tore the front end all up and knocked a big dent in the teams chances of finishing well. Not sure I'm going to try that hand brake deal, although it does sound cool.
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