voicecoils
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Just re-read your post Matt, I think the disc on the jackshaft is a good idea in the sense that it could be almost universally used. If you had a disc adaptor plate that bolted to your box, which the caliper bolted to alignment could be perfect and reproducible. A caliper to box mount, and a jackshaft to standard disc adapter would do the trick. User would then add their own disc and caliper.
The drawback is that you only have your rear brake when your chain is intact. If your front brake exploded and then your drive chain slung off you'd be pretty well screwed The other consideration is that you'd really never want to brake and hit the throttle at the same time, though that applies no matter what.
Here was my "monster top hat" idea. The outer blue line represents where the teeth are. The innermost ring (inline with the outermost) is where you'd bolt it to the hub disc mount. The kicked in part would be where your head would go, if it was a hat. In this case, it's where the brake rotor and caliper would sit.
The drawback is that you only have your rear brake when your chain is intact. If your front brake exploded and then your drive chain slung off you'd be pretty well screwed The other consideration is that you'd really never want to brake and hit the throttle at the same time, though that applies no matter what.
Here was my "monster top hat" idea. The outer blue line represents where the teeth are. The innermost ring (inline with the outermost) is where you'd bolt it to the hub disc mount. The kicked in part would be where your head would go, if it was a hat. In this case, it's where the brake rotor and caliper would sit.