mikee7

Hi All

Recently required levers which have an alternative cable routing hole inside lever body,at present they are set up for non aero and receive brake cable thru top
Is there a way to change out cable holder for aero set up on these levers???
Best

Citoyen du Monde

The Modolo Professional are only non-aero. In the Master Pro guise they should already be fitted out for both if they are the later ones that I have owned in the past. Post a picture and you will get a better answer.

mikee7

Hi This is the model i have,currently levers are attached to bike.so no inside picture of set up!!!

OldsCOOL

I have the same levers on my '86 Trek 760 though I've not had them apart. Yet.

mikee7

Hi Please find additional photo
At rear of main body is other cable entry point!!!

fietsbob

Planning to drill a hole in the Handlebar ?

smontanaro 

Hope this thread isn't too old to revive. I recently bought a set of Modolo Corsa brakes, but it came some some other Modolo levers (metal body, smooth lever), which had cables installed for aero routing, but which also have a slot on the front of the body, making me think the are convertible to non-aero as well. However, they don't have a hole in the top to accept the cable housing:



Any idea how that's supposed to work? Or maybe non-aero routing isn't possible and the slot is for something else?

(BTW... Does anyone know why bikeforums doesn't like my shared Dropbox links? The image I uploaded is actually here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tqiqf8bhzp...14.04.jpg?dl=0)

RobbieTunes

Skip,

I think your levers may be missing a cable end that fit inside the hood, and the spring tension simply kept them somewhat in place.
That's my guess, but it sure seems like they'd want to seat a cable housing in there.

Modolo seemed to come at brake levers from a different angle than most. I really like Modolo Aero brake levers, mainly for the internal "pulley" that provides nice leverage and nice feel to the brakes when descending. The cable actually extends about 1" down into the lever. They are definitely made for riding the drops, though, with hoods and positioning that almost defy riding the hoods. A couple of changes, and they'd have owned the peloton back in the day, perhaps; the advantage in feel and leverage is that much better than the Campy and Shimano brake levers they competed against.

Good luck with that, and I'd be curious as to how that turns out for you.

smontanaro 

An offline conversation with a guy on the Classic Rendezvous list pointed me in the right direction. He said that the ferrule is held in place by the hood. I checked a set of Modolo 920 hoods I have and sure enough, there is more "beef" to the hood in that region than I'm used to with Campy hoods. It looks like it should hold the ferrule and housing.

Also, when I unscrewed the clamp bolt so use could pull the hood over the lever body, I was a little surprised when the entire lever and pivot mechanism came away from the body. Different approach, indeed...

Thanks for the help.