Originally Posted by
electrizer
that's great, thanks a bunch! I can see that you're using v-brakes without travel agents. Are you using drop bar levers adapted for them or did you somehow manage to fit regular levers onto the drop bar?
I just switched back to a drop bar after having the butterfly bars for a few years. (I think I'll go back to butterflys, they feel more stable and comfortable for me on this bike). The levers I'm using with the drop bars are
Tektro RL520s, which are 'road-bar' levers designed for direct-pull brakes (e.g. the Shimano XTs, as shown in my pic'). I actually also have the RL720 in-line levers mounted, and although they say that they're for canti' brakes, they stop me just fine with the direct-pull brakes (perhaps a little soft-feeling).
With the butterfly bars I was using normal XT levers and Paul's Thumbies. I liked that setup.