Another bit of arcane history - I give you the origins of the Marinovative brake...

[2manyoranges]

The Marinovative Stop Lite | BIKE Magazine

At an age when most kids are busy battling acne, Ben Capron was obsessed with improving cantilever brakes. Thus came the Marinovative Stop Lite.

www.bikemag.com

 

[mk one]

Interesting article, not the first v brakes though.

 

[2manyoranges]

Indeed....but nice to lodge in the sprawling history of ‘now where did those come from....’

 

[mk one]

Some interesting threads on Marinovative brakes on here, i do like this site for the great ideas people have.

Here is a good one on making a set of Decelerators -

Marinovative Decelerators - My attempt to make my own pair.

As it seems to be fairly impossible the buy a pair of those (and for a price I am willing to pay... :facepalm: ) But they look so damn nice. I thought to myself, I'll make my own. I already souced the materials needed to build a few. But I would need some dimensions to verify what I derived...

www.retrobike.co.uk