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I have been giving the dual brake idea a little thought and have come up with an idea. I am no engineer, so bare with me on this one! Looking at motorbikes, they often have twin front discs with two calipers, working off of one lever. What about copying this setup, running a larger master cylinder on one lever and having two brake hoses - one to the front caliper and one to the rear caliper. It works on a motorbike, so why not on a bicycle? I am not an expert on hydraulics, but surely one master cylinder squeezing fluid down two lines to two identical calipers would give equal braking front and rear?