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Old 07-15-21 | 01:52 AM
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Originally Posted by SurferRosa
I like to match the calipers with the levers. My Modolo Speedy levers feel so good in my hands on my Miyata.



... with kool-stop pads for Modolo, of course.
I also love the Speedy levers. They were very good quality and had a really nice shape to them. They also had really nice Modolo pantographing (The older Speedy with the Modolo name diagonally pantoed on the top front of the lever) and some drillium with knurling going down the front of the lever. I remember buying Speedy levers to replace the MAFAC LSX levers that I messed up in a crash in the early 80's, and was surprised by how really nice they were for being levers from a mid model brakesef. Frankly, I think the Speedy lever design was in a much higher level than the Speedy calipers, which were quite thin in section and flexy.

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