TRP Spyre-C Flat Bar Lever Compatibility
 

I am converting my drop bar to flat bar (Surly - Midnight Special). I have the TRP Spyre-C brakes and am looking for a compatible brake lever for flat bars. Have read they need to be short pull, and tried to confirm this with TRP, but they sent me a link to the Spyke lever, which is not short pull. So anyone out there have these brakes set up with a flat bar lever and working well, able to offer some advice. Thanks

Was thinking something like the Odyssey Monolever - a bmx lever

I like the Shimano levers that support both short and long pull. I like to tinker, and know that they won’t have future compatibility problems if I decide to tinker again.

https://www.universalcycles.com/shop...0&category=350

as far as I can tell, the Tiagra and XT are the exact same lever with different finish and branding.

I have beautiful Sturmey Archer levers set to long pull. I use them with both SA Drum brakes and a cable TRP Spyre with my Rohloff 203 disc. They work absolutely FINE. The Rohloff can lock instantly with half the lever movement. So when I want to stop and get off, I lock it up and it throws me off. LOL. The IGH "experts" have said they should have short pull. So I have come to the conclusion it does NOT matter. They are used on my 120 lb tour bike.
The front dyno drum has 26,000 100% reliable miles, half of that with a 95% useless long reach rear rim caliper.

I would look at these options:

BL-R780 or some variant of that Shimano lever (I know I can still get BL-4700 which is the latest Tiagra flat bar levers but others might exist)

Velo Orange Grand Cru Levers

or my personal favorite would be the Paul Canti Levers.

If you have not yet used a Paul lever you are in for a treat. They are smooth as you could imagine due to the bearings in them and they fit the hands really nicely. I have their Love Levers because I am running v-brakes and my golly are they fan-freakin-tastic and you can get them in PURPLE for that retro MTB vibe.

I also have a Midnight Special with TRP Spyre mechanical disc brakes and I have Tektro R200 brake drop bar levers. These are definitely short pull levers. You do not want to use long pull levers as you need the leverage of short pull levers.

I know that this does not answer the question, but TRP suggested to use the long pull lever with Spykes, and I think it is a good idea. AFAIK, Spykes are identical to Spyre except for the distance from the cable clamp to the pivot point; they are essentially long pull Spyres. This will diminish some problems with short pull like the need for compressionless housing.

Even better, you can get hydraulic brakes/levers for the flat bar unless you want to avoid them.

Yes, the Spikes are basically the MTB equivalent to the Spyre road brakes and as such are designed to use long pull brake levers. The Spyres require short pull levers to get enough leverage as using long pull levers with them will require excessive hand force to get adequate braking.