Problem Solvers Give Everyone a Brake

At Interbike, I talked with Jim and Josh at the Problem Solvers booth. Problem Solver fitting and components allow you to design a custom bike for cyclists who have unique or non-negotiable needs related to using brakes. And Problem Solvers also make adapters and bit and bobs to address irritating mechanical and bike build situations. And if your fixed gear frame is drilled for brakes, you can throw on cable stops and a rear wheel with an internal hub and go cycle touring in the hills with your pals.

• Problem Solver brake levers allow someone who can't squeeze both brake lever the ability to use one lever to control the function of both the front and rear brakes. So, if you have lost an arm or the squeezing function of in one hand, you can still activate both brakes and stop your bike safely. The single lever comes in both left- and right-handed versions.



• There is 1:2 brake cable setups allow you to control the front and rear brake with 1 lever. And they have a 2:1 brake cable setup that allow you to use 2 traditional brake levers to control 1 of the brakes, either the front or rear brake. (For example, if you want to stop your bike with the front brake only, but want to be able to use either hand to squeeze the lever and perform that action.)

(More about helpful metal bits after the jump.)

  

Photos taken by wheelgirl at Interbike in Vegas 2007

The metal bottom bracket cups offer a replacement option for the plastic cups that come with many sealed bottom bracket cartridges.

The water bottle cage bolt spacers are offered in silver and black,  so the cage can be spaced above the frame and not rub off your paint job and invite Mr. and Mrs. Rust over for a visit.

The locking headset spacer ensures that your headset can't work itself loose.

The Backstop cable guide allows you to add brakes and gears to a round-tubed frame without braze ons (available in 1-1/8”, 1-1/4”, 1-3/8” and 1-1/2” inner diameter).

Travel Agents let you use STI and Ergo brakes with linear pull brakes, for example, V brakes.

The Inline Travel Agent allows you to use STI and Ergo levers and any specific mechanical disc brake. (Use them with cantilever or STI and Ergo levers and linear pull brakes when the Travel Agents don't fit, for example, if you have an extra-small frame.)

The Centerlock Rotor Adaptor lets you use center-lock splined disc brake hubs with 165mm diameter standard 6-bolt rotors and disc brakes. So, you can take your Shimano XTR, XT, LX, Deore and DT center-lock hubs and make a standard 6-bolt ISO rotor mount and use any 6-bolt rotor/brake combination.

Bottom bracket metal cups, water bottle cage bolt spacers, locking headset spacer photos taken by Wheelgirl at Interbike in Vegas 2007. Backstop cable stop, Travel Agent, Inline Travel Agent,  Inline Travel Agent,  Center Lock Adaptor photos lifted from the Problem Solver site.