Cross tops are the ones designed to work with a break in the outer cable, but you can terminated the cable at the lever to use them on their own. That Dia compe is just a flat bar lever.
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Cross tops are the ones designed to work with a break in the outer cable, but you can terminated the cable at the lever to use them on their own. That Dia compe is just a flat bar lever.