Bicycle brake
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A bicycle brake reduces the speed of a bicycle or prevents the wheels from moving. The two main types are: rim brakes and disc brakes. Drum brakes are less common on bicycles.
Spoon brake on antique Peugeot 'open diamond' frame 'Le Lion model B' at the Batavus Museum in Heerenveen, Netherlands
Spoon brake variation at the Batavus Museum in Heerenveen, Netherlands
Spoon brake on front wheel
Improvised spoon brake on a Chinese cargo tricycle
Bicycle handlebar
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A bicycle handlebar is the steering control for bicycles. It is the equivalent of a tiller for vehicles and vessels, as it is most often directly mechanically linked to a pivoting front wheel via a st
Drop handlebars (of the "ergo" or "anatomic" variety)
Porteur type bicycle handlebar, from an Italian Bianchi bicycle, circa 1940
Handlebar on an 1818 draisienne by Niépce
Conventional drop handlebars with harlequin cloth tape wrapping