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07-10-10 | 05:01 PM

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Grand Bois

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Originally Posted by noglider

Thanks. They're up to $28. Ouch.

http://www.amazon.com/Shimano-Canti-...796117&sr=1-12

Do you think you could measure the distance between the center of the lever pivot and the center of the barrel end of the cable? I'll do the same on the Tektros.

I get 24 millimeters.

I used the Shimano levers with Mafac Competitions for years and there's pleanty of leverage. My wife uses them with Shimano 600 Tricolor brakes and she has hand strength issues.

I'm not so sure you're correct about getting more leverage with shorter bridge wires. My rule of thumb is that you want the wire as perpendicular to the arm as possible, and that would mean longer bridge wires in the case of Mafacs. The one Competition I have set up with an extra long wire seems to bear that out, but maybe it's all in my mind. I won't be upset if I'm proven wrong.

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