Patent ID: 7249661

Claim:
A brake controlling apparatus comprising: a single lug with a first distal end and a second distal end, said first distal end rotatably attached to a single steering stem of a bicycle; a handlebar with a right handle lever and a left handle lever, said handlebar being fixed to said second distal end; a brake designed to apply friction to a wheel of said bicycle; a hydraulic circuit having a first end and a distal second end, said first end connected to said brake; and a right side fluid-operating pump and a left side fluid-operating pump, both said pumps being encapsulated inside said single lug, each of said pumps having a one side and another side, said one side being connected to said right and left handle levers respectively, and said another side being connected to said second end of said hydraulic circuit, said levers actuating said pumps to push fluid into said hydraulic circuit thereby applying said brake.