A bar handle vehicle brake device (U1; U2; U3; U4) comprising: two front wheel side and rear wheel side brake operators; two front wheel side and rear wheel side wheel brakes; a hydraulic brake system (K1; K11; K12) configured to cause one of the wheel brakes (F, R) to generate a braking force by a brake hydraulic pressure; and a mechanical brake system configured to directly operate the other wheel brake (F, R) to generate a braking force by an operation of one of the brake operators (L1, L2); characterized by: detecting means (31; 32) configured to detect the braking force of the other wheel brake (F, R) or an operating amount of the one of the brake operators (L1; L2); and a control device configured to control a control valve unit and select decreasing, increasing, or maintaining the brake hydraulic pressure based on a wheel speed obtained from hydraulic pressure sensors (8a, 8b) and a wheel speed sensor, wherein the control valve unit is configured to block a release line or open the release line toward a reservoir; wherein the brake hydraulic pressure is generated in a master cylinder of the hydraulic brake system (K1; K11; K12) due to an operation of the other brake operator (L1, L2), or is generated through operation of a pump based on instructions from the control device, and wherein the control device executes control for operating the pump according to a detection result of the detecting means (31; 32). two front wheel side and rear wheel side brake operators; two front wheel side and rear wheel side wheel brakes; a hydraulic brake system (K1; K11; K12) configured to cause one of the wheel brakes (F, R) to generate a braking force by a brake hydraulic pressure; and a mechanical brake system configured to directly operate the other wheel brake (F, R) to generate a braking force by an operation of one of the brake operators (L1, L2); characterized by: detecting means (31; 32) configured to detect the braking force of the other wheel brake (F, R) or an operating amount of the one of the brake operators (L1; L2); and a control device configured to control a control valve unit and select decreasing, increasing, or maintaining the brake hydraulic pressure based on a wheel speed obtained from hydraulic pressure sensors (8a, 8b) and a wheel speed sensor, wherein the control valve unit is configured to block a release line or open the release line toward a reservoir; wherein the brake hydraulic pressure is generated in a master cylinder of the hydraulic brake system (K1; K11; K12) due to an operation of the other brake operator (L1, L2), or is generated through operation of a pump based on instructions from the control device, and wherein the control device executes control for operating the pump according to a detection result of the detecting means (31; 32). detecting means (31; 32) configured to detect the braking force of the other wheel brake (F, R) or an operating amount of the one of the brake operators (L1; L2); and a control device configured to control a control valve unit and select decreasing, increasing, or maintaining the brake hydraulic pressure based on a wheel speed obtained from hydraulic pressure sensors (8a, 8b) and a wheel speed sensor, wherein the control valve unit is configured to block a release line or open the release line toward a reservoir; wherein the brake hydraulic pressure is generated in a master cylinder of the hydraulic brake system (K1; K11; K12) due to an operation of the other brake operator (L1, L2), or is generated through operation of a pump based on instructions from the control device, and wherein the control device executes control for operating the pump according to a detection result of the detecting means (31; 32).