Originally Posted by banzai_f16
That's not a bad endorsement. I read on Rivendell's site that the whole thing with the 287 brake lever was meaningless.
To be clear, the Diacompe 287 (which Rivendell was talking about) is not the same this as the Diacompe 287V, which are still, as far as I know, the only drop bar levers that are designed to work with v-brakes.