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@Regal
Wow, blast from the past. Yeah, a cross top lever like the Tektro one gives you just as much stopping power as a drop road lever. If it doesn't, then there's an issue with how it's been setup.
Word of warning re: what I was talking about there ^^ - the newer Shimano road brakes (that are designed to work with the road groups that have aero shift cable routing) do use a different pull ratio to the older ones, so cross top levers with 5700 / 6700 / 7900 calipers and newer will give you rather sharper/grabbier braking than with 5600 / 6600 / 7800 etc. (You might actually want this, of course. But the rear wheel in particular will be very easy to lock up.)