Originally Posted by adamess

Thanks for this info! This is how I was thinking about levers/brakes when I purchased them. But after installation I set the cantis to maximize braking power (or at least I thought I did) but getting the straddle cable as low as possible. It still wasn't as powerful as with the Tektro levers, though.

The thing I kept returning to was that the Sora lever has a lower pivot point. So I wondered if would even be possible to get sufficient stopping power out of them.

Maybe the Gevenalle levers are the way to go...