Old 05-20-15 | 11:18 AM
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HillRider
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Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!

I can give you one numerical example as a start. These measurements are of Tektro road levers and the distances between the cable anchor and the lever pivot are:

Tektro R200 (caliper, cantilever and road mechanical disc brakes) 23 mm
Tektro RL520 (V-brake and MTB mechanical disc brakes) 35 mm

So for these particular levers the "long pull" cable amount is about 150% of the "short pull" models. Other makes will vary a bit but this is a good starting point.
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