Patent ID: 8056682

Claim:
A bicycle brake device comprising: a holder arm including a pivot shaft extended therefrom, and including a first end portion and a second end portion, a first brake caliper including a middle portion pivotally attached to said first end portion of said holder arm, and including a lower portion for attaching a brake shoe thereto, and including an upper portion, said first brake caliper including a notch formed in said middle portion of said first brake caliper for pivotally receiving said first end portion of said holder arm, and said first brake caliper including an ear extended from said middle portion of said first brake caliper for forming said notch of said first brake caliper, a second brake caliper including a middle portion pivotally attached to said second end portion of said holder arm, and including a lower portion for attaching a brake shoe thereto, and including an upper portion, an outer tube engaged with said upper portion of said first brake caliper, a brake cable engaged through said outer tube and coupled to said upper portion of said second brake caliper for selectively forcing said upper portions and said lower portions of said first and said second brake calipers and said brake shoes toward each other, and means for biasing said lower portions of said first and said second brake calipers and said brake shoes away from each other when said brake cable is released.