Patent ID: 6899202

Claim:
A bicycle brake for applying a squeezing force to retard movement of a bicycle wheel comprising: a pair of opposed rods constrained to move radially, means on each rod for frictionally engaging a bicycle wheel, said frictionally engaging means movable between an open non-braking position and a closed braking position and capable of applying force to the bicycle wheel in the closed braking position, two pair of wedge members, at least one wedge of each pair adapted to move the frictionally engaging means and each pair having contacting planar surfaces there between, said planar surfaces inclined at a non-perpendicular and non-parallel angle relative to the direction of movement of the frictionally engaging means, actuating means operably connected to at least one wedge of each pair of wedges whereby upon actuation of the at least one wedge in each pair relative movement occurs between the planar surfaces in turn causing linear closing movement of the frictionally engaging means and applying squeezing force on the bicycle wheel.