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Originally Posted by ak08820
I had successfully used a caliper brake (front) with a cantilever brake lever on a single speed conversion.
Nothing strange about that, they use the same amount of travel.

Originally Posted by ak08820
...I always wanted to know what was the difference between the cable pull length for a V brake lever, caliper brake and cantilever brake lever?
A v-brake lever can pull abt 30 mm of cable before bottoming out against the handle bar, while a canti/caliper lever will only move around 22 mm of cable before bottoming out against the handle bar.
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