Originally Posted by Bklyn
Brian: I think I understand the concept. But I wrote a message to Paul Components (makers of pretty expensive cross levers) and Paul himself responded. He told me that their levers work only with aero brakes. You think this is the case with all of these? Kind of a drag, because I was starting to think that this was my solution.
Yes this is true.
Cross levers (there are much less expensive ones than Paul) work in-line with aero brake levers. On aero levers the brake cable runs along the handlebar. Cross levers require you to cut the cable housing and then run the cable through the cross lever. The lever works by lengthening the cable housing instead of pulling the cable. It is a simple and effective mechanism. However old style levers run the cable away from the handlebars so you can't run them through the cross lever.
Craig