Patent ID: 8381884

Claim:
A bicycle braking system comprising: a bicycle braking device movably arranged on a bicycle frame between a non-brake applying position and a brake applying position for applying a braking force to a bicycle wheel; a supplementary brake operating device operatively coupled to operate the bicycle braking device, the supplementary brake operating device including a rider operating arrangement operable between a non-braking position and at least one predetermined braking position; a brake maintaining arrangement configured and arranged to hold the bicycle braking device in the brake applying position in response to movement of the rider operating arrangement to the predetermined braking position such that the braking force of the bicycle braking device is continually and consistently applied; a primary bicycle braking device movably arranged on the bicycle frame between a non-brake applying position and a brake applying position for apply a braking force to the bicycle wheel; and a primary brake operating device operatively coupled to operate the primary bicycle braking device for applying the braking force based on an operation amount of the primary brake operating device, the bicycle braking device and the primary bicycle braking device being arranged to be independently actuated such that the primary brake operating device remains un-operated in a non-braking position white the supplementary brake operating device is operated between the non-braking position and the at least one predetermined braking position.