Cheap comfortable ergo brake levers
05-05-11, 05:05 AM
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Cheap comfortable ergo brake levers
Hi, I have a specialized roubaix with ultegra sl brifters. I recently got a Surly long haul trucker. I love the bike but I'm spoiled on the feel of my Ultegra shifters, I find the LHT Tektro, R200A brake levers small, short , hard and shaped poorly. Can anyone suggest some comfortable brake levers that sort of match the feel of high quality shifters? I don't need shifters, my bike is set up for bar-ends.
My apologies for kind of cross posting this in touring and road, it only came to me later to ask the road crowd.
My apologies for kind of cross posting this in touring and road, it only came to me later to ask the road crowd.
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SRAM makes levers that are meant to match the style of their shift/brake levers. A little pricey though.
Cane Creek have a lever that's meant to be similar in feel to Campagnolo levers, I believe they are a re-badge of a cheaper lever but can't think who it is at the moment. Shimano also still do just brake levers.
Edit, a quick search found Campganolo Record levers for $275
Cane Creek have a lever that's meant to be similar in feel to Campagnolo levers, I believe they are a re-badge of a cheaper lever but can't think who it is at the moment. Shimano also still do just brake levers.
Edit, a quick search found Campganolo Record levers for $275
05-05-11, 05:36 AM
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Tektro makes them as well. I got a short-reach version for my wife's Bianchi. Examples...
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https://www.google.com/products/catal...=0CI0BEPMCMAk#
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yeah, I'm using the 200s now, they came on the bike. They don't feel very good. I should try crane creak maybe. It would be awesome to just get some broken shifters that don't shift but brake fine 
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I'm doing that on a Frankenbike, but it bugs me to have all that stuff there doing nothing, and will eventually get some stand alone levers, or find a way to strip the guts and still have the brake levers work. I had the dead levers kicking around.
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