Originally Posted by UnderDaHill
The Dia Compe 287-v come with a set of noodles for the brakes and a set of smaller noodles that fit inside the brake and direct the cable out of the brake lever and along the bar. Unfortunately, the agle that it comes out requires a pretty agressive bend in the cable to get the cable to route along the bars. Although the brakes seem to work ok, that bend kind of bothers me and will make for a bit of a bulge in the bar tape when I wrap the bars tonight. Do I need those extra noodles or can I just route the raw cable right into the brake body?
I got my 287V levers used without noodles and routed the cable like any other 'aero' lever. No problems.
I didn't even know the noodles were missing until I saw a picture in a catalouge....
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