Crosstop brake levers as standalone?

Posted on Tue 12th, February 2013

• #1

Stefano

I am building a super light/comfort cockpit with carbon bars and a single brake lever for the front brake on my fixed bike. On my old 26 bars I used Dirty Harry brake lever but now I am getting a new 31.8 carbon bar. Can I use crosstop brake levers as standalone without gear shifting drop bar levers?
• #2

Regal

Yes. The Tektro RL ones work well (loads of OTP bikes such as the Charge Plug are fitted with RLs as the only brake levers). They come in different clamp sizes: the RL721 is the one to fit a 31.8 clamp area.

They are designed to take cable housing from the lever side but you can either run the inner cable straight into it or use a ferrule to locate it, which works well.
• #3

skive

i have a condor crosstop lever on me bars.

they work just grand.

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