Originally Posted by
junglism
wow great looking bikes guys!!
@Paul - what's that great little rotary gear shifter/changer you've got there?
@itsmoot - how hard was it to put the front derailleur on? and how did you get the brifters to work with the sram rear derailleur? i heard that the indexing was incompatible.. or did you change it?
@paul/itsmoot - i'd also read somewhere on this thread that to get the road-style brake levers to work with the brakes that are on the xootr, you'd need to use travel agents.. obviously that's not a problem for both of you guys?
As far as fitting a front derailleur, I ended up buying the clamp directly from Xootr. Expensive but hassle-free.
Concerning the road brake levers, I had no issues there since I'm also using road brakes. In fact I had to use road brakes due to the ISO 451 sized rims I'm using.
If I'm not mistaken the other fellow is using road levers designed for v-brakes, look like Dia Compe 287s to me. Tektro also makes a road brake lever for v-brakes, the RL520. I've used those on a cyclocross bike I built, they'vre very well done. Cane Creek also has some but they're supposedly just re-badged Tektros.