Kooka levers, how do you tell?
01-22-10, 08:19 AM
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Kooka levers, how do you tell?
I have a set of NOS looking Kooka MTB style levers, and I was wondering how you tell if they're V brake or Cantilever? I am thinking they might be V brake only, given the time they were made, am I right? I would love to use them for a project I am working on, but it has a U brake in back, and canti's in front. I take it V brake levers would pull too much cable maybe, or is it not enough?,,,,BD
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01-22-10, 08:21 AM
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And yes I've heard they don't grip too well on handlebars. They will be used on an upright ridden bike, and no real stress will be put on them.,,,,BD
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01-22-10, 12:26 PM
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The difference is simply the distance between the pivot point and where it grabs the cable end. Ones for linear brakes have a somewhat longer distance than ones for canti brakes. I do not remember the two measurements off-hand, but it is pretty obvious which it is if you line it up against a known one. Even by eye.
Depending on other factors (and tastes for brake feel), you can use linear levers on center-pull brakes. But the other way around does not really ever work well enough.
Nice levers, btw. You sure you want to bury these on a hybrid? I thought Lee Chee was the Campy of hybrids.
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Depending on other factors (and tastes for brake feel), you can use linear levers on center-pull brakes. But the other way around does not really ever work well enough.
Nice levers, btw. You sure you want to bury these on a hybrid? I thought Lee Chee was the Campy of hybrids.
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01-22-10, 12:32 PM
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What he said.. but I am having a hard time deciding myself... you need to mock 'em up against something else... notice they don't have the cable anchored in a pivoting attachment so they aren't "linear pull" which usually means cantilever lever.... but the pivot to anchor point distance looks pretty far... either way... i think you should throw them on and just see what happens.
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01-22-10, 12:50 PM
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Not a hybrid, more of a large framed lugged Panasonic MC2500 mountain bike, with Nitto swept back bars. Of course I wanted to use a Nexus 7 speed too, and the bar curvature
killed that plan, so I may switch my goal eventually. Either the frame, or the bars. They require a comically long stem to get them away from my knees.,,,,BD
killed that plan, so I may switch my goal eventually. Either the frame, or the bars. They require a comically long stem to get them away from my knees.,,,,BD
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