Originally Posted by
bradtx
jrickards, I'm using dual pivot brakes without a lever made for them and there is only a slightly increased amount of hand force needed, you may or may not experience the same result.
Yes, which is why I said,
may, not will. But the brakes you want and try them, jut be ready to deal with the leverage
if you need to.
Originally Posted by
bradtx
AFIK only Tektro makes DP calipers with external nuts, R539 and R556 models (differences are in the reach). You might want to perform a search to verify this. You can also drill out the rear of the fork and the front of the rear brake bridge to accept an internal nutting mount.
Brad
A lot of nice Brakes today only come with short bolts. There's a way to make a coupler to extend the bolt for a std fork without drilling the back,
if the bottom of the crown is an open tube. I do this fairly routinely for friends who are mounting new brakes on older forks.