What brake lever?!

Posted on Tue 9th, December 2014

• #1

Dropped.Bars

I've got myself a set of Nitto B123 drop bars for a project of mine, and with the 25.4mm diameter of them I was wondering what brake levers would fit it aside from a dirty harry?

Any guidance would be great thanks
• #2

marcom

Nitto B123 is for hipsters, hipsters go brakeless.
• #3

Dropped.Bars

Thanks for that, but I've already built up the rear wheel set with hub so I don't want to disassemble it already.
• #4

edscoble in reply to @marcom

Don't be fucking stupid.

Get cross top levers, they'll work, select the 26mm one as they'll work fine with the 25.4mm clamp diameter.
• #5

Dropped.Bars

Thanks mate, I'll check them out. Will I need a shim or will they grip straight on?
• #6

mdee

You can also get cross levers 22.2 or 23.8 mm in diameter, if you want to install them near the clamp area. 22.2 mm is for risers, while 23.8 is for drop bars. I've discovered this fact right after buying 22.2 cross levers for my chopped drops, of course.
• #7

Clockwise

Chop them just before all the annoying bendy bits and put tt levers in the ends so they point towards the stem.
• #8

GreatSince78

These do the job just fine, http://www.wiggle.co.uk/tektro-rl720-series-brake-levers/
• #9

Dropped.Bars

thanks for the suggestions. It seems I can add various different diameters? what are the outer limits of what I could fit?

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