Wireless Brakes ...... blake builds vid .. :-)
- Thread starter Zimmerframe
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It's clear that it will happen a day... but at my age, I would be too afraid without my hoses.. 
If I rode behind you and shouted CRASH STOP!Wireless brakes only would make sense if voyce activated…
Scream activated . .Wireless brakes only would make sense if voyce activated…
I think I’ve seen the future …looks a bit heavy though.
ABS braking system included maybe?
ABS braking system included maybe?
So if the battery - even if wired into the main bike one - goes flat you've no brakes? 
Er no thanks
Er no thanks
ftfy
Haveland
Active member
It will undoubtedly happen, and it will suck, then be ok, then go through the years of arguments then we will all be saying, remember back when we had those crazy brakes we had to bleed all the time and cables that would rattle like crazy.
I remember getting hydraulic brakes back around 2000, and local mechanics all thought I was crazy and that it was so insanely dangerous and unnecessary. I remember when cars shifted to electric throttles and steering -- also insane and dangerous now they all come with it. Same as ABS.
I remember getting hydraulic brakes back around 2000, and local mechanics all thought I was crazy and that it was so insanely dangerous and unnecessary. I remember when cars shifted to electric throttles and steering -- also insane and dangerous now they all come with it. Same as ABS.
I'd have thought the barriers are a bit high for manufacturers tastes. No doubt the technology is there & I'd bet there's a few prototypes around. Customer acceptance is a thing, liability issues another. I reckon if they did have a go at it, you'll see it on racers' bikes first, try & get it out there in people's minds that way.
steve_sordy
Wedding Crasher
Will the racers even try it if it weighs more?
Haveland
Active member
I look at electric brakes like in my wife’s bmw and being able to customize based on terrain. ABS on/off or tight brakes sometimes and lots of modulation others. I think the dh racers would love that.
Canyon Shawn
Active member
It’s all fun and games until you lose Bluetooth connectivity.
gapago
Member
You still have the Flinstone brakes as back up!So if the battery - even if wired into the main bike one - goes flat you've no brakes?
Er no thanks
TCFlowClyde
Active member
Too late. He already did it last year...looks "amazing-ly non-genius" to boot!
Unless he discovers/rips off an economic way of producing graphene, I’ll keep ridding my Rail.Too late. He already did it last year...looks "amazing-ly non-genius" to boot!
Those concept bikes look hideous.
TCFlowClyde
Active member
Real genius is often co-opted w/o credit by "the dumb genius" aristocracy...very "iconoclast", Elon-disruptintorish indeed!Unless he discovers/rips off an economic way of producing graphene, I’ll keep ridding my Rail.
Those concept bikes look hideous.
A superior, force-multiplier of intellect, is the Tesla concept bike!
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