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Slidepad. Regenerative ABS Braking for Bicycles?

by Warren McLaren, Bundanoon, Australia on 03. 2.11
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Regenerative Braking for Bicycles?

Well, that's what the company marketing the Slidepad suggest, anyhow. Kinda. They say that their product works by capturing "the momentum of the rotating rear wheel and transfers that power to actuate the front brake." Slidepad is, they believe, also the first ever true (ABS style) anti-lock front braking for bikes.

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