Patent ID: 7775331

Claim:
A front braking system of a competition bicycle comprising: a fork for mounting a bicycle wheel; first and second pivot posts attached to the fork, extended in a forward direction and disposed on opposed sides of the bicycle wheel; a first brake lever pivotably attached to the first pivot post wherein a first brake pad disposed at a distal portion of the first brake lever is frictionally engageable to a rim of the wheel on a first side of the bicycle wheel; a second brake lever pivotably attached to the second pivot post wherein a second brake pad disposed at a distal portion of the second brake lever is frictionally engageable to the rim of the wheel on a second side of the bicycle wheel to provide an equal and opposing force compared to the brake pad of the first brake lever on the rim of the wheel; means for traversing the first and second brake levers from a released position to an engaged position wherein the brake pads of the first and second brake levers are engaged to the rim of the wheel when the first and second brake levers are traversed to the engaged position; and an aerodynamic stiffening plate removably attached to free distal end portions of the first and second pivot posts to mitigate bending of the first and second pivots posts via the first and second brake levers when the means for traversing the first and second brake levers traverses the first and second brake levers to the engaged position and to promote reduced wind drag.