Reverse brake lever on track drops

Posted on Wed 20th, August 2014

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• #26

KDEE in reply to @Greenbank

Ha ha! :-)
• #27

KDEE in reply to @IR

Maybe you're right.
Gonna stick with it for a bit first, switch to NDS and see if I get used to it.
• #28

TvH

The reverse brake lever is great if you ever need to take it off without fuss, it's what I use. If you're going to tape it all up, just use hoods
• #29

edmundro
Hoods all the way, makes climbing a joy(for me at least). I use old weinmann levers and dismantle one side like the hill climbers of old. Works for me and imho looks far neater than a reverse lever.

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• #30

KDEE

How it looks finished. It would look better if lever was compact, hanging nearing to the bar I think. But happy with position. Took it out earlier, was nice / reassuring to have lever at fingertips during fast descents riding in drops. Easy to reach from hooks too.
Might look for a prettier lever. The tekro was an experiment.
• #31

IR

If you put road drops and hoods you could also slam the stem and keep a similarly low position.

Seems like a contradiction to have deep track drops and a large spacer stack.

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