Shimano Roller Brakes (Super rare)

[xizang]

Proto only given to Animal Orange's (or was it Giant?) Steve Kitchen back in the day - Shimano gave up on em when they launched their Hydro's......

Nexave ones are a slightly different type but same Idea - Thats from Dirt #2 or 11 if I remember correctly

#2 I think.

 

[dyna-ti]

A roller brake should basically never need servicing but this is what one looks like if you take it apart...

Very cool thanks,its nice to see the actual ads for madison

I saw some of these nexave ones on a modern commuter,
we're going backwards again :?

 

[sam264]

Proto only given to Animal Orange's (or was it Giant?) Steve Kitchen back in the day - Shimano gave up on em when they launched their Hydro's......

Nexave ones are a slightly different type but same Idea - Thats from Dirt #2 or 11 if I remember correctly

the bike in the photo looks like an orange mr o

 

[andrewl]

Off topic, but the bomber that the first brake is mounted to is a pre production fork too.

 

[boxxer]

I think the first fork is a Marzocchi Mr T which was the predecessor of the Jr T series.... again this fork was used by the Animal Orange Team for a season or two

I wish I could find my Dirt Mag with the picture of the Brakes being used, apparently they were pretty good at stopping but suffered from heat fade pretty badly

 

[andrewl]

I think the first fork is a Marzocchi Mr T which was the predecessor of the Jr T series.... again this fork was used by the Animal Orange Team for a season or two

That's not a production MrT though, the front axel and brake arrangement is a little different.

 

[boxxer]

I think the first fork is a Marzocchi Mr T which was the predecessor of the Jr T series.... again this fork was used by the Animal Orange Team for a season or two

That's not a production MrT though, the front axel and brake arrangement is a little different.

The one Pagey ran on the Rotwild in 97/98 were identical to these - the brake arrangement would be different to accomodate the roller brake which.

I agree it may be a proto but I didn't think they were that different - MR T's must be pretty rare on the ground....

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

Very cool indeed. Wonder if they ever ran these with airlines or did the two not coincide?

Also did they not re use this technology later on city bikes?

I had bought a nexus shimano rear hub around 1998/99, give or take a year, with internal gears that had a brake setup similar to this....I need to find a pic. That hub was heavy as hell.

 

[Rikoned]

Here is a couple of photos from a few years ago taken from an ebay listing of a wheel for sale in the States (I have since lost the details):




And some much better pictures of what might be the same wheel (note ref. on sticker)?
Must be super rare esp. in this condition!
By Peter Verdone
https://www.peterverdone.com/drum-brakes/



I think this might be the Shimano Patent from 1996/97:
https://patents.google.com/patent/JP3832909B2/en



And a 1994/95 Patent for the town bike version:
https://patents.google.com/patent/EP0688713A2/en