Front-, rear-, anywhere brake! The new MAGURA Integral Braking System (IBS) especially helps inexperienced riders to use both brakes together, significantly shortening the braking distance.
Optimum braking force distribution between the front and rear wheels is a crucial factor in short braking distances – and greater safety on the bike as a result. However, both brakes can only provide optimal deceleration values if they interact perfectly with one another. Pad wear evaluations by MAGURA show that the rear brake is usually used much more frequently in everyday use. Many cyclists seem afraid of the front wheel locking or skidding, so the front brake sees either little or no use. Now the MAGURA IBS comes into play.
Specifically, the Integral Braking System functions as a brake force distributor between the front and rear brakes. When the rear brake is applied, the IBS also provides a simultaneous and proportional deceleration of the front wheel. Combining both brakes in this way provides much better deceleration.
Vehicle stabilization
Combined braking of the front and rear wheels noticeably stabilizes the vehicle and ensures safe braking.
Shorter braking distance
Optimized distribution of the braking force significantly shortens the braking distance, especially in critical situations without a load. The braking distance is up to 40% shorter than with single-handed operation, making it equal to that achieved by highly experienced professionals.
More even wear
Combined braking of the front and rear wheels prevents uneven wear, in this way permitting longer maintenance intervals (especially for wear on brake pads and rotors).
Possibility of one-hand operation
The IBS can easily be operated with one hand – without sacrificing safety. (However, two redundant brake systems are installed in the vehicle for compliance with statutory regulations.)
The Integral Braking System from MAGURA complements the MT C disc brakes and is not much bigger than a packet of cigarettes. The unobtrusive design of the MAGURA IBS is hardly noticeable and integration into bike concepts is easy.
The MAGURA IBS works purely mechanically and completely without a power source. Special brake hoses with Easy Link line couplings facilitate installation and service.
DEKRA independently tested the Integral Braking System (IBS) developed by MAGURA – and in a blind test with cargo bikes, the system clearly demonstrated its strengths.
The IBS increases riding safety, significantly shortens braking distances and ensures greater stability.
IBS systems have long been proven and established on motorcycles. MAGURA is once again using the technology transfer from its motorbike business division and is now bringing this technology to the bicycle as a world premiere. The IBS will complement MAGURA’s product range alongside its line of ABS brake components. Whereas the Bosch eBike ABS with MAGURA brake components offers a fully electronic control function, the IBS technology is based on a purely mechanical-hydraulic system.
“The innovative MAGURA IBS technology is a further part in our efforts to promote mobility trends and to make the bicycle even safer. We’ve already demonstrated this in the past by introducing the first hydraulic brakes for bicycles and the first eBike ABS brake components,” says Timo Müller, Head of R&D MAGURA.
For the market launch, MAGURA initially designs the IBS for cargo bikes and in particular for the “Long John” design, i.e. two-wheeled cargo bikes where the load is transported in front of the rider. MAGURA presented a first design and functional sample at the Eurobike 2023. Complete bikes with MAGURA IBS are now available. In the medium term, it is planned to expand the area of application to other types of bikes (city, trekking & all-road bikes) through further developments. A retrofit option is not planned for the time being.
The IBS box is mounted invisibly on series bikes. The following pictures only show an exhibition bike.
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