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Thanks for the help but I've tried, and sold on, the Travel Agent pulley wheels, to use them with cross tops and road levers I'd need to go for normal pull road levers not the Tektro RL520's. Buying Travel Agents, more road levers and regular cross tops would cost more than buying the Pauls lever option. STI/Ergo aren't a consideration because it's a hub gear bike. The Travel Agents worked fine but they were for a drop bar conversion on another bike, but they were faffy to set up and not easy to adjust. I found I didn't like the drop bar setup, due to positioning on the hoods and found the flats too narrow, actually the drops were the only comfy part. However I've decide to give the Midge bars a go, dummy runs so far suggest it's all good. The extra width, and the flaring, seem to have solved my comfort issues. I'd just really like the assurance of top levers for when I'm pootling in traffic, even if I only do one brake. I'm disappointed that Tektro don't do a long pull top lever to compliment the RL520. It's not the end of the world becasue I still have 2 braking positions on the bars anyway, I'm just being a bit belt and braces.
Having looked at images of Pauls lever online it's adjustable for long/short pull by repositioning the pivot point. I'm tempted to have a go at bodging this myself on some cheapie ones. If there's room I'll drill out a new pivot point and put a new pin in. If not maybe a bend in the lever to allow further pull and remove any lever stop points. Was just hoping that someone may have done similar and could help me avoid any obvious errors...cheers.....Al