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Old 02-28-19, 05:04 PM
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michaelm101
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Originally Posted by TiHabanero
I installed Spyre road calipers on my son's bike along with compressionless housing from Jagwire and they work very good. His brifters are 2014 Shimano 105. No problems whatsoever with braking performance. Modulation is good, stopping power is good. Not like hydro systems, but way less hassle to maintain.
Originally Posted by Aubergine
I have both the Spyke and Spyre brakes, which I use with Campagnolo ten speed levers (and compressionless housing) from around 2000. They work very, very well.
Ok, so it appears that Spyre Road calipers do well with road levers. Indeed, I was satisfied with my Spyres on my drop bars (with TRP road levers) prior to conversion. Completely different story after flat bar conversion. I actually bought a TRP Spyke (MTB caliper) to mount on my rear as an experiment.

Does anyone have any experience with the Spyres coupled with flat-bar levers specifically designed to work with road calipers, like the two levers in the hyperlinks: SRAM S-700: https://www.sram.com/sram/road/produ...ad-brake-lever

Shimano BL-R550: http://www.jensonusa.com/Shimano-R55...d-Brake-Levers
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