Thread: Increase Brifter Brake Leverage?
View Single Post
Old 02-17-12 | 08:04 PM
  #13  
FBinNY
Senior Member
Titanium Club Membership
15 Anniversary
 
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 39,897
Likes: 3,865
From: New Rochelle, NY

Bikes: too many bikes from 1967 10s (5x2)Frejus to a Sumitomo Ti/Chorus aluminum 10s (10x2), plus one non-susp mtn bike I use as my commuter

Originally Posted by Nuggetross
.... no matter how tightly i adjust the brakes, there is always a significant amount of travel required to put down significant braking force.


so, is there any way to increase leverage in these brifters?
No offhand ideas without knowing the particulars, model levers, and model and type of brake.

But I thought I'd clarify the question. If as you describe, there's lots of dead travel in the lever before the brakes engage, and you want to decrease the travel, then you also want to decrease the leverage, not increase it.
__________________
FB
Chain-L site

An ounce of diagnosis is worth a pound of cure.

Just because I'm tired of arguing, doesn't mean you're right.

“One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions” - Adm Grace Murray Hopper - USN

WARNING, I'm from New York. Thin skinned people should maintain safe distance.
FBinNY is offline  
Reply
0