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04-13-06 | 02:29 AM

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marqueemoon

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Originally Posted by mattonabike

or, you could just lend some assistance and not be a tool. . .

recommendations on brakes and levers from anyone would be much appreciated.

thanks in advance.

I like the Cane Creek SCR-5 road levers quite a bit. They are cheap, comfortable, do the job, and look cool (Campy-ish). Tektro has a similar model that's slightly heavier for a few less $$$. As for little crosstop levers they all seem about the same to me.

For brakes I stand by my original recommendation. Any ol' decent modern caliper will do. Dig around the co-op until you find one and put some Kool Stop pads on it if the pads are shot. The 90's grey dual pivot Shimano 600 brakes that came on my road bike are nice. If the crappy brake on my fixed gear wasn't doing a perfectly adequate job I might look for something like that.

Ok. Those are my recommendations. If you want to spend a bunch of money post this in the road forum

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