Hinged Brake Levers?
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Hinged Brake Levers?
Anyone using a hinged brake lever? I feel like this would be the ideal lazy mans way of putting on and taking off a brake so I don't have to keep re-wrapping my bars.
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Agreed, they are the only way to go for those of us who change our bars as often as our shoes.
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You can run them as a stand-alone lever. I'm not sure what you mean by the internal routing thing.
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tektro rl570!
they come in various different clamp diameters too!
i have one (right side) lever in 31.8mm that i'm not using now, nor will i ever use.
if you use oversized bars, let me know and i'll send it to you!
they come in various different clamp diameters too!
i have one (right side) lever in 31.8mm that i'm not using now, nor will i ever use.
if you use oversized bars, let me know and i'll send it to you!
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I could be way off here... I haven't eatin anything all day because Im waiting to see what the next ss/fg food item of the day is gonna be so I can have a craving.
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Wouldn't a CX lever either mount on the end of bullbars (like a TT lever) or work like a Brifter? Which would mean internal routing? or at least... under the bar tape routing?
I could be way off here... I haven't eatin anything all day because Im waiting to see what the next ss/fg food item of the day is gonna be so I can have a craving.
I could be way off here... I haven't eatin anything all day because Im waiting to see what the next ss/fg food item of the day is gonna be so I can have a craving.
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Wouldn't a CX lever either mount on the end of bullbars (like a TT lever) or work like a Brifter? Which would mean internal routing? or at least... under the bar tape routing?
I could be way off here... I haven't eatin anything all day because Im waiting to see what the next ss/fg food item of the day is gonna be so I can have a craving.
I could be way off here... I haven't eatin anything all day because Im waiting to see what the next ss/fg food item of the day is gonna be so I can have a craving.
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Yea, with a cx lever you shouldn't need to run it any special way. Just straight off the front brake into the lever. You can actually take off the lever and brake and they stay together in on easy to reinstall package. I took mine off today (road grime had to clean it) and it took about 2 minutes to remove/reinstall.
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They make 2 sizes (I think) mine is a 25.4 with a shim for 22.2 (again I think!) w/o the shim I can run it right up against the stem on my flat bar, w/ the shim I can run it on the bend of my risers. It was around 25 bucks and I really like it.
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I got you guys on the CX levers... I just went to look up some pics. I always thought that CX levers were internally routed.
Also... that goldfinger is so sweet but I have 26.0's. Anyone know if thats an issue... I mean... I know its hinged but still is it one of those things where it has to come together for the screws to fit in properly?
Also... that goldfinger is so sweet but I have 26.0's. Anyone know if thats an issue... I mean... I know its hinged but still is it one of those things where it has to come together for the screws to fit in properly?
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I got you guys on the CX levers... I just went to look up some pics. I always thought that CX levers were internally routed.
Also... that goldfinger is so sweet but I have 26.0's. Anyone know if thats an issue... I mean... I know its hinged but still is it one of those things where it has to come together for the screws to fit in properly?
Also... that goldfinger is so sweet but I have 26.0's. Anyone know if thats an issue... I mean... I know its hinged but still is it one of those things where it has to come together for the screws to fit in properly?
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I got you guys on the CX levers... I just went to look up some pics. I always thought that CX levers were internally routed.
Also... that goldfinger is so sweet but I have 26.0's. Anyone know if thats an issue... I mean... I know its hinged but still is it one of those things where it has to come together for the screws to fit in properly?
Also... that goldfinger is so sweet but I have 26.0's. Anyone know if thats an issue... I mean... I know its hinged but still is it one of those things where it has to come together for the screws to fit in properly?